Andrew Gaudet

“The object of civil society is justice, not truth, virtue, wealth, knowledge, glory or power. Justice is followed by equality and liberty.”
― John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

“Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.”
― John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

“The most extravagant idea that can be born in the head of a political thinker is to believe that it suffices for people to enter, weapons in hand, among a foreign people and expect to have its laws and constitution embraced. No one loves armed missionaries; the first lesson of nature and prudence is to repulse them as enemies.”
― Maximilien de Robespierre, Oeuvres complètes: 8

“I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
― Brandon Sanderson, Steelheart