By the age of four, 90% of children have learned the concept of lying. Based on studies performed in the past, it is estimated that 60% of adults can not have a ten minute conversation without lying at least once. Within those ten minutes, an average of three lies typically told.

― Fyodor Dostoevsky, the author of The Brothers Karamazov “Above all, don't lie to yourself. The man who lies to himself and listens to his own lie comes to a point that he cannot distinguish the truth within him, or around him, and so loses all respect for himself and for others. And having no respect he ceases to love.”

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Does Power and Corruption go Hand and Hand?

“Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship. The object of persecution is persecution. The object of torture is torture. The object of power is power.

Having some small inclination to what power is my question now is “How does one assert power over another, reading about the tyrants in history one would think it is no major achievement to take over an entire civilization or even the coastline of a country

By definition Corruption is the process by which something, typically a word or expression is changed from its original use or meaning to one that is regarded as erroneous or debased:

Another definition states corruption is dishonest or illegal behavior especially by powerful people (such as government officials

Words that describe corruption are : DEPRAVITY putrefaction, rot, spoilage

On the other hand Power by definition means the ability to act or produce an effect

Power is to take or possession of control, authority, or influence over others this includes political control or influence

Power is the possession of physical might

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