Bob Moses had learned what was needed to make dreams become realities. He had learned the lesson of power.And now he grabbed for power with both hands.To free his hands for the grab, he shook impatiently from them the last crumbs of the principles with which he had entered public service and for which, during his years of idealism, he had fought so hard.

You read in every textbook that cliché: Power corrupts. In my opinion, I’ve learned that power does not always corrupt. Power can cleanse. When you’re climbing to get power, you have to use whatever methods are necessary, and you have to conceal your aims. Because if people knew your aims, it might make them not want to give you power.

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

When you have enough power to do what you always wanted to do, then you see what the guy always wanted to do.