All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

— Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune
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