The undeserving maintain power by promoting hysteria

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

This is the fallacy of power: ultimately it is effective only in an absolute, a limited universe. But the basic lesson of our relativistic universe is that things change. Any power must always meet a greater power.

Constitutions become the ultimate tyranny," Paul said. "They’re organized power on such a scale as to be overwhelming. The constitution is social power mobilized and it has no conscience. It can crush the highest and the lowest, removing all dignity and individuality. It has an unstable balance point and no limitations.

There are limits to power, as those who put their hopes in a constitution always discover

One must always keep the tools of statecraft sharp and ready. Power and fear – sharp and ready.