"We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals."

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Source : "Robert Caro: a life with LBJ and the pursuit of power". Interview with Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. June 9, 2012.

Robert Caro

#Believe Quotes #Book Quotes #Taught Quotes

“The first thing which will be judged among a man's deeds on the Day of Resurrection is the Prayer. If this is in good order then he will succeed and prosper but if it is defective then he will fail and will be a loser.”
“If I start talking about my own hopes, it'll take hours. The biggest hope is that there's not any more discrimination between men and women. That women could have equal rights. It's very painful when you see in your family that a brother can do anything he wants, but at the same age, you can't.”

Source : "Afghan graffiti artist risks her life to challenge the burqa under the Taliban". Interview with Katie Booth, womenintheworld.com. May 21, 2015.
“Love is an undulating energy that moves through you, within you, and radiates out of you, and changes everything.”
“When you're surrounded by friends and exes, there's a whole lot of stuff that starts crawling out. But however serious and traumatic those experiences may be to the participant, to the onlooker they're hilarious.”
“The betrayal of trust carries a heavy taboo.”
“Donald Trump also will repeal all these executive amnesty orders that President Obama has put into place.”
“Throughout history, government has proved to be the chief instrument for thwarting man's liberty.”
“I've been doing a lot of hiking, which I love”

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