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Nothing is stable in the realm of power, and even closest of friends can be transformed into the worst of enemies.

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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Edward Abbey, American author and essayist (1927-1989)

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Power was dreadful and treacherous. When it was not great enough to accomplish its wielder’s desires, it turned against the hands which held it.

For of course it was impossible that she was doing it all without cause. That was the nature of power; when you had it no one was ever again simply a friend, simply a lover. Inevitably they all wanted things you could give them—if nothing else, the prestige of friendship with the powerful.

power without righteousness is one of the most dangerous forces in the world

When things are like hunky dory, every enemy comes in the name of friend, but when things are twisted like turmoil, every friendly enemy shows you their colour.

There is nothing so stable as change.

Bob Dylan, American singer-songwriter (born 1941)

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A friend in power is a friend lost.

Power without moral direction is the most dangerous force in the world.

It was clear to all there gathered that power is a dreadful thing, and that knowledge of power dims the seeing of the wise.

Today's enemies can be your friends tomorrow. And today's friends can be tomorrow's enemies.

There is nothing stable in the world; uproar's your only music.

John Keats, English Romantic poet (1795–1821)

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underlings given sudden power frequently become the worst abusers of it.

Margaret Atwood, Canadian poet, novelist, literary critic, essayist, teacher, environmental activist, pépiniériste and inventor (born 1939)

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Evil comes from unchecked power.

Nothing is more dangerous to good government than great power in improper hands.

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