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.
 Albert Einstein, The world as I see it (1949). copy citation

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Author Albert Einstein
Source The world as I see it
Topic morality coercion
Date 1949
Language English
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