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Old 10-10-2007, 09:01 AM   #222
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But my point is that 'power corrupts' is either always true or only sometimes true. Manwe and Eru would indicate that power, in and of itself, does not always corrupt.
Well, I would say that a more proper phrasing would be "greater power increases the likelihood of corruption - unless balanced".
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