Nietzsche's accomplishment is that he permits us to see corruption from the inside. - Robert Payne

For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.

Historically the first philosopher to enquire deeply into the nature of corruption in society was Ibn Khaldun (1322-1406), whose wandering life was largely spent in the northern littoral of Africa at a time when kingdoms and sultanates were crumbling.

Where there had been hope, there was now hopelessness. Where there had been courage, there was now cynicism. Where there had been life, there was a living death. During Nixon's reign, much of life was transformed into a nightmare.