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any force—institutional or merely political—seeking to gather all power to itself. Whether acting in the name of The People, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or even Parliamentary Sovereignty, the drive for absolute power is corrupting. It corrupts the character of the men pursuing it. If successful it also corrupts the character of the government and the people brought under its thumb.
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Edmund Burke
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"There are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations"
James Madison
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