All is forgiven to kings and popes. History grants them immunity, even a full pardon, even when they admit their crimes and glory in them.
Robert PayneNaked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power.
Robert PayneThroughout the history of Christianity, there had been a core of belief that man was not doomed to be everlastingly corrupt.
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