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Edmund Burke

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Power

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When someone has a lot of power, misusing it can cause much bigger harm than if a person with little power misuses theirs. This means that the risks and consequences of wrongdoing increase as the amount of power a person holds grows.

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