At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire o… - Robert Payne

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At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.

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Pierre Stephen Robert Payne (4 December 1911 – 3 March 1983) was a novelist, historian, poet, and biographer. Born in Cornwall, the son of an English naval architect, and with a French mother. Payne had more than 110 books published, novels, histories and biographies.

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It is no more rational to have lawyers in positions of power than it would be to have garbage collectors in positions of power. And in human terms garbage collectors would be preferable.

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At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent. - Robert Payne

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