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All this is inevitable, if you give them the power; it is madness to tempt them.
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gutenberg.orgCharles Sumner: “All this is inevitable, if you give them the power; it is madness to tempt them.”
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Sumner warns against giving power to those who would misuse it, highlighting the dangers of temptation in governance.
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