"Let me now.warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of Party. Unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the Power of the People and toĭestroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion. They are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and "And of fatal tendency.to put, in the place of the delegated will of the Nation, the will of a party - often a small but artful and enterprising minority. to overstep the boundaries marked out for it by the Constitution."įarewell Address, Washington cautioned of dangers facing America: Those amongst us who wish to enlarge the powers of the General Government. It is well known that there have always been Voice of prophecy, foretelling events and warning us of the evil to come. President Andrew Jackson commented on it in 1837: President George Washington's Farewell Address was printed in the It can get into a man's blood just as gambling and lust for money have been known to do." Harry S Truman wrote in a personal memorandum, April 16, 1950: the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority." "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton wrote to Bishop Creighton, 1887: Plato's "Ring of Gyges" are metaphors for the unseen magnetic draw for power to be held in the hands of Then the actions of the just would be as the actions of the unjust they would both come at last to the same point." No man would keep his hands off what was not his own when he could safely take what he liked out of the market, or go into houses and lie with any one at his pleasure, or kill or release from prison whom he would, and in all respects be like a god among men. No man can be imagined to be of such an iron nature that he would stand fast in justice. Plato's Republic, 360b-d (Jowett trans.): Seduced the queen, killed the king, and took the throne. He spotted a gold ring on the finger of a former king who had been buried there.Īllowed him to become invisible, but the ring also induced him to Ring of Gyges, where a shepherd in Lydia, named Gyges, noticed a cave in the fields. "Lust of absolute power is more burning than all the passions." Gaius Cornelius Tacitus (56-117AD) wrote in But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine." I would use this ring from a desire to do good. "Don't tempt me Frodo! I dare not take it. It wants to be found."įrodo offered the Ring to Gandalf, Gandalf rebuked him, saying: "Always remember Frodo, the Ring is trying to get back to its master. Tolken describes man's insatiable lust for "the Ring of Power," as Gandalf exclaimed: Source: archiveofourown.The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. There, just under the print was a small, scrawled signature and the words ‘Program K’. Wade studied the information about the girl carefully. She was pretty but unsmiling and the look in her green eyes was sad. A small picture of a girl was paper clipped to the top right corner. He was half listening to Coulson’s lecture as he opened the file and glanced at the first page. įandom: Deadpool - All Media Types, Spider-Man - All Media TypesĬharacters: Wade Wilson, Peter Parker, various Avengers, Nick Fury, Phil Coulson, Other CharactersĪdditional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Child Abuse, reference to past trauma, Canon-Typical Violence, Sexual Content, I really suck at tagging, if I’ve missed anything let me know And I'm sorry, but I'll probably eat yours when the ramen supply runs out.Peter Parker: Don't worry, I have more.Wade Wilson: You've made me the happiest man alive, I'll keep this until it breaks! Which might not be too long because I will probably lose my hand during a fight or some shit.Peter Parker: No, it's just- You beat me to the proposal.Wade Wilson: Why? Did I do something wrong? If you need more time, that's okay!!! I'm sorry for rushing things.
In fact, I don't even have this month's rent. Wade Wilson: I stopped killing people with your help, so I am officially out of the mercenary business.Peter Parker: Aren't rings supposed to be like 10% of your salary?.Wade Wilson: Peter, will you marry me?.
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