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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

— Edmund Burke

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The comparison concerns the damage that misuse of power can cause. Increasing power raises the danger if abuse occurs; it does not by itself say abuse becomes more frequent. The warning is about the scale of the consequences attached to authority used badly.

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