Eric Hoffer Quote

Quote from Eric Hoffer,

"Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes.
The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people
still demands from others the submissiveness of sheep.
The taint inherent in absolute power is not its inhumanity but its anti-humanity."

By:	Eric Hoffer (more quotes by Eric Hoffer or books by/about Eric Hoffer)
	(1902-1983) American author, philosopher, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom
Source:	The Ordeal of Change (1963), Chapter 15
Categories:	CFR, Civil Rights, Constitution, Democracy, Freedom, Independence, Individual Rights, Liberty, NWO, Power, Republic, Restraint, Socialism, Sovereignty, Tyranny, UN
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