Force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe…

An autocratic system of coercion, in my opinion, soon degenerates. For force always attracts men of low morality, and I believe it to be…

— Albert Einstein

Force always attracts men of low morality.

— Albert Einstein

A low morality will not sustain leadership long, its influence quickly vanishes, it cannot produce its own succession.

— Chester Barnard

“War is the action of low man: Low in morality, low in humanity, and low in all the good values!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Whether or not patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, national security can be the last refuge of the tyrant.

— Baron Walker of Gestingthorpe Robert Walker

Degeneracy follows every autocratic system of violence, for violence inevitably attracts moral inferiors. Time has proven that illustrious tyrants are succeeded by scoundrels.

— Albert Einstein

It didn’t make any more sense to me then than it does now, how life can pile troubles up on a man what don’t…

— Caleb Carr

Only by himself, with one acre and a house, will a dunce be a dunce. Once he manages to gain power, he'll turn into…

— Franz Grillparzer

I'd wish the government took honest people into consideration, it shows enough consideration for scoundrels.

— Franz Grillparzer

“Now answer me, sincerely, honestly, who lives past forty? I'll tell you who does: fools and scoundrels.”

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“The worst sort of scoundrels took up the chase. Drunkards, incorrigibles, poor whites who didn’t even own shoes delighted in this opportunity to scourge…

— Colson Whitehead

With a woman, always make good use of a secret. She will be proportionally grateful to you, like a scoundrel who grants his respect…

— Honore de Balzac

“He's unspoiled. We're all scoundrels, and he's only pretending to be one. He's a pure soul." "Yes, until he runs into temptation for the…

— Vladimir Stanković

Poets and beggars, musicians and prophets, warriors and scoundrels, all creatures of that unbridled reality, we have had to ask but little of our…

— Eduardo Galeano

So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take…

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer