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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it…

dune, power, collapse, corruption, Frank Herbert

“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.”

Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune.