HOEDERER – […] Moi, j’ai les mains sales. Jusqu’aux coudes. Je les ai plongées dans la merde et dans le sang. (Jean-Paul Sartre – Les Mains Sales)
Power corrupts …
Most readers would be familiar with this quote attributed to Lord Acton – “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. This is not only supported by anecdotal evidence documenting cases of people in power taking advantage of their positions to indulge in and often get away with corrupt behaviours. Many of us have come across good people whose behaviour changed for the worse once they got promoted to positions of power.
