The psychology of power: Absolutely

"The alternative, though cleaner, is leadership by wimps." - What an underhanded way to validate the current power structure. The alternative is not leadership by wimps but a better political and power structure with more inherent fairness for all.

Finally!<p>I've always hated that saying. "Absolute power corrupts absolutely." Nonsense.<p>Just look at the types of individuals who gain access to absolute power. Either they're ruthlessly ambitious, men for whom the ends always justify the means, or they're born into royalty/nobility and have a distorted sense of their own worth-- and the worth of others.

i recommend, as always, Bertrand Dejouvenal's On Power.