> More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness.
The worst of deeds are done by those who think of themselves and their clan as the kind-gentle ones saving the world from evil [TM].
The worst of deeds are done by those who think of themselves and their clan as the kind-gentle ones saving the world from evil [TM].
(I have no idea to what extent catholic Priors considered themselves kind and gentle ca. 1200, however.)
"No one ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it. Power is not a means, it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power."