Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests.

Horacio Castellanos Moya
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Power lacks moral or principles. It only has interests. This quote is a reference to Machiavelli’s The Prince. In that book, he states that the only principle of good government is that of “interest.” Power, then, is not about morality or principle, but rather about the pursuit of interests.

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