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Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this i know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.
-William Pitt
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Unlimited Power Is Apt To Corrupt The

William Pitt
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this i know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.
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