• A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.

    Alexander Hamilton: A fondness for power is implanted in most men, and it is natural to abuse it when acquired.
    Alexander Hamilton, John Church Hamilton (1850). “The Works of Alexander Hamilton: Miscellanies, 1774-1789: A full vindication; The farmer refuted; Quebec bill; Resolutions in Congress; Letters from Phocion; New-York Legislature, etc”, p.84