Isaiah understood what Lord Acton failed to note, that it is not only power that tends to corrupt, and absolute power absolutely; powerlessness does the same. It produces lives dreary with self-hatred and stingy with hope.
from Credo
01425 – Power and Corruption; Powerlessness & Self-Hatred
absolute(ly) | corrupt(ion) | dreary(ness) | fail(ed) | hope(s) | Isaiah | live(s) | Lord Acton | power(s) | powerlessness | produce(d) | self-hatred | stingy | under(standing)