Hudson

“Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.”
― Henry Kissinger

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.”
― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”
― John Steinbeck