“Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.”— Frank Herbert Related Quotes “I have no consistency, except in politics and that probably arises from my indifference to the subject altogether.”– Lord Byron “The Wickans know that the gift of power is never free. They know enough not to envy the chosen among them, for power is never a game, nor are glittering standards raised to glory and wealth. They disguise nothing in trappings, and so we all see what we’d rather not, that power is cruel, hard as iron and bone, and thrives on destruction. ~ Deadhouse Gates”— Steven Erikson “On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life and politics.”– Arthur Henderson