Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956 Quotes
Unlimited power in the hands of limited people always leads to cruelty.
Only those who decline to scramble up the career ladder are interesting as human beings. Nothing is more boring than a man with a career.
Oh, how hard it is to part with power! This one has to understand.
Thus it is that no cruelty whatsoever passes by without impact. Thus it is that we always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.