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" It is not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. "
Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National ...
por Gustaaf Houtman - 1999 - 392 páginas
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The Promise of Pragmatism: Modernism and the Crisis of Knowledge and Authority

John Patrick Diggins - 1995 - 534 páginas
...fear," wrote Aung San Suu Kyi, the imprisoned Burmese dissident leader and winner of the Nobel Prize. "Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it...scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it."16 It may be true, as the historian Fox has observed, that Niebuhr never studied closely Dewey's...
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The Promise of Pragmatism: Modernism and the Crisis of Knowledge and Authority

John P. Diggins - 1994 - 548 páginas
...fear," wrote Aung San Suu Kyi, the imprisoned Burmese dissident leader and winner of the Nobel Prize. "Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it...scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it." 1 ' It may be true, as the historian Fox has observed, that Niebuhr never studied closely Dewey's thoughts...
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Questioning the Secular State: The Worldwide Resurgence of Religion in Politics

David Westerlund - 1996 - 444 páginas
...society has almost disintegrated. Aung San Suu Kyi has characterized Burmese society as corrupted by fear: 'Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield...scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.'9 According to Aung San Suu Kyi's interpretation of Buddhist teaching, the regime is following...
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Asian Freedoms: The Idea of Freedom in East and Southeast Asia

David Kelly, Anthony Reid - 1998 - 242 páginas
...that, as important as the traditional ideas of freedom are, man is not truly free if he lives in fear. 'It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing...scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.' 28 Fear, Aung San Suu Kyi wrote, stifles and slowly destroys all sense of right and wrong. Fear contributes...
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Plunging Through the Clouds: Constructive Living Currents

David K. Reynolds - 1993 - 558 páginas
...European Parliament's awarding her the 1990 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, Aung San Suu Kyi wrote: It is not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing...with the four a-gati, the four kinds of corruption. Chanda-a-gati, corruption induced by desire, is deviation from the right path in pursuit of bribes...
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A Map of Hope: Women's Writing on Human Rights : an International Literary ...

Marjorie Agosín - 1999 - 412 páginas
...distance's elision, Like limetrees' shady turbulence, His parting words of consolation. Aung San Suu Kyi It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing...with the four a-gati, the four kinds of corruption. Cbanda-gati, corruption induced by desire, is deviation from the right path in pursuit of bribes or...
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The Moral Architecture of World Peace: Nobel Laureates Discuss Our Global Future

Helena Cobban - 2000 - 304 páginas
...otherwise, for those confronting powerful authoritarian governments, become paralyzing. In 1991, she wrote. It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing...scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. ... Within a system which denies the existence of basic human rights, fear tends to be the order of...
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Levi's Children: Coming to Terms with Human Rights in the Global Marketplace

Karl Schoenberger - 2001 - 308 páginas
...would truly distinguish their brand in the most positive of ways." CHAPTER THREE East of the Equator It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing...scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. — Aung San Suu Kyi, Freedom from Fear A casual visitor to Shwe Dagon Pagoda in the Burmese capital...
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Why Courage Matters: The Way to a Braver Life

John McCain, Mark Salter - 2004 - 224 páginas
...philosophy that gave her the courage necessary to pursue her convictions with such unyielding resolve. "It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing...scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it." Aung San Suu Kyi would not be afraid. She remained in her dilapidated villa, often without adequate...
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Confronting the Demon: A Gospel Response to Adult Bullying

Gerald A. Arbuckle - 2003 - 156 páginas
...qualities do you notice in the bully? What can you do to help the victim? Chapter 2 Bullies and Victims It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing...scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Aung San Suu Kyi1 This chapter explores: *- the characteristics of a bully *• sex differences in...
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