Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.

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.

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Absolute power demoralizes.