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318 | Eleven Simple Years

The Minimalists

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I'd Better Empower Someone Than Exert Power Over Someone

When someone has that much power, they're inevitably going to be corrupted. I think about the president, calvin coolidge, who was truly a president. He didn't even run for another term because it was like, don't want this power. My pithy answer is this, i'd rather empower someone than exert power over someone. The only reason i would want to start a colt is so i could help empower people. It wouldn't be so i could preside over them.

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