“Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.”— Frank Herbert Related Quotes “Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a Republican. But I repeat myself.”— Harry Truman “We tend to think of politics as bad, full of dirty tricks, negative ads, big campaigns, but I am here to explore the original meaning of politics, which is positive and has to do with balancing competing interests and looking for solutions.”– Eric Liu “One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician’s objective. Election and power are.”– Cal Thomas