Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it; and this I know, my lords, that where laws end, tyranny begins

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

Oh, my country! how I leave my country!

Prostrate the beauteous ruin lies; and all That shared its shelter, perish in its fall.

The press is like the air, a chartered libertine.