“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.