Power has always corrupted, my dear. Even the promise of power. It is a hard thing to look at through the fence for hundreds of years without wondering what it would be like on the other side.

Ally Carter
About This Quote

Mary Shelley said in Frankenstein, “Power has always corrupted, my dear. Even the promise of power. It is a hard thing to look at through the fence for hundreds of years without wondering what it would be like on the other side." This quote is about how some people get what they want by using power and corruption. They don't realize that power can corrupt them too.

Source: All Fall Down

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