Nietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside.

At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.

The game of power is played remorselessly by men who have not the slightest knowledge of, or interest in, the way ordinary people live, and the ordinary people are too terrified to protest.

The corrupt man is nearly always rootless, deeply aware of his rootlessness.

Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power.

The corrupt, when found out, become especially good moralists.

A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.