An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For…

Albert Einstein
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An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be an invariable rule that tyrants of genius are succeeded by scoundrels. For this reason I have always been passionately opposed to systems such as we see in Italy and Russia to-day. ✨ Albert Einstein (2010). Ideas And Opinions, p.10, Broadway Books
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