Quote#Politics & Power
The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any…
Quote byThomas Bailey Aldrich · 1836–1907
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ponkapog Papers (1903), "Leaves from a Note Book", p. 25..
English (original)
The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
More from Thomas Bailey Aldrich
We weep when we are born, not when we die!
That was indeed to live— At one bold swoop to wrest From darkling death the best That Death to Life can give!
A man is known by the company his mind keeps.
In her eyes a thought Grew sweet and sweeter, deepening like the dawn— A mystical forewarning!
The ability to secure your own way and yet impress others with the idea that they are having their own way is rare among men; in women it is as common as eyebrows.
My father invested his money so securely in the banking business that he was never able to get any of it out again.