The nature of power is that it corrupts not through malice, ... - Govan Mbeki

"The nature of power is that it corrupts not through malice, but through the slow erosion of conscience."

Govan Mbeki Power

Anti-apartheid Activist, Intellectual South African 1910–1983

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