Stating The Obvious – 0094
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge… There are no public, as distinct from private, objects worthy to be purchased at … Continue reading →













