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We know that no one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means; it is an end. There’s an old saying: Power corrupts, and Absolute Power corrupts absolutely. It’s a phrase that gained traction towards the end of the 19th century when Lord Acton …

The little people must be sacred to the big ones, and it is from the rights of the weak that the duty of the strong is comprised. People of my generation spent much of our youth being told that too much TV would addle our brains, give us square eyes …