Power

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
-Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)

"You see what power is - holding someone else's fear in your hand and showing it to them!"
-Amy Tan (1952 - )

"Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat."
-John Lehman (1942 - ), Secretary of the Navy, 1981-1987