Most revolutionaries soon become either corrupt or repressive because the qualities that make men successful revolutionaries drive them to other excesses after they have achieved power.

Sydney J. Harris (1917-1986) Anglo-American columnist, journalist, author
Pieces of Eight, ch. 3 (1982)

 
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