There are three powers in the world: sagacity, strength, and luck.
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power. --David Brin
Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.--Thomas Jefferson
I have seen enough of political honors to know that they are but splendid torments. The little spice of ambition which I had in my younger days has long since evaporated, and I set still less store by a posthumous than present time. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst, and cold.--Thomas Jefferson.
Never did a prisoner, released from his chains, feel such relief as I shall shake off the shackles of power. Nature intended me for the tranquil pursuits of science by rendering them my supreme delight. --Thomas Jefferson
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