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Mike Resnick on Power

1942–2020 United States

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The second you attain power, you become what you’ve been fighting against.

Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986)

No matter what kind of promises a man who’s looking for power makes, he’s not going to turn out to be any different from the one he replaces.

Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986)

The first duty of power is to perpetuate itself. The first duty of free men is to resist it.

Santiago: a Myth of the Far Future (1986)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mike Resnick (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.