Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
An unlimited power to tax involves, necessarily, the power to destroy.
There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.
The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.
Well, I think, by definition, all power has limits.
Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.
Where the law ends tyranny begins.
The unlimited power that many modern gurus offer is false hope. Their programs calling us to unlimited power have made them rich, not us. They touch our false selves and tap our toxic shame.
Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.
The law always limits every power it gives.