Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.
There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys readiness to use it. Elie Abel, The Missile Crisis (1966) Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.
The leadership of these unions lead a lifestyle of the rich and famous.
The nature of power is such that even those who have not sought it, but have had it forced upon them, tend to acquire a taste for more.
Rulers after me will come who do not abide by my guidance and Sunnah. Some of their men will have Satan’s heart in a human’s body
Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.
I am somebody who believes that every political direction is valid, as with every religion. The basis of Christianity is perfect, just like the basis of Islam. But then the leaders change the direction, and lose the quality.
The more intense a spiritual leader's appetite for power, the more he is concerned to limit it to others.
