Robert Payne
Robert Payne
Robert Payne quotes about
dictatorship
A totalitarian dictatorship cannot explain; it can only suppress.
effectiveness naked corruption
Naked power has its limitations, since power is a generator of corruption and corruption in its turn tends to dilute the effectiveness of power.
victory gains helping
It is precisely when we help one another that we gain our victories over corruption, but the victory is assured only when we help one another with all our strength.
government ends domination
For domination has nothing whatsoever to do with good government, and power as an end in itself destroys good government.
united-states population wealth
The United States is dangerously close to being a plutocracy. A third of the private wealth is owned by less than 5 percent of the population.