Baldur von Schirach - Power Quotes

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Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.

Baldur von Schirach

Some of the defendants say that dictatorship can be good if there is a good dictator. But I say that a man cannot stay good if he becomes a dictator. Authoritarianism is a system that destroys man's morality. If you take a saint and give him power, he will change into a Hitler or a devil.

Baldur von Schirach