All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it…
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.
Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto), Chapterhouse: Dune, by Frank Herbert