Power without goodness is unmitigated tyranny, and without wisdom it is destruction, not government. - Erasmus

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Power without goodness is unmitigated tyranny, and without wisdom it is destruction, not government.

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Desiderius Erasmus of Rotterdam (27 October 1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch philosopher, humanist and theologian.

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