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Quote from Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi,


"In order to get power and retain it, it is necessary to love power;
but love of power is not connected with goodness but with qualities
that are the opposite of goodness, such as pride, cunning and cruelty."


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Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi (more quotes by Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi or books by/about Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi)


(1828-1910) Russian writer

Categories:

Autocracy, Despotism, Power, Tyranny

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