Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep. The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its anti-humanity.
— Eric Hoffer
(1902-1983) American author, philosopher, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom – Source: The Ordeal of Change (1963), Chapter 15
— Eric Hoffer
