"Perhaps it was as Ed said, that arbitrary power corrupts arbitrarily."
— Power

January 1, 1970

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John Sladek, Masterson and the Clerks (originally published in New Worlds Science Fiction #177, September 1967; reprinted in Michael Moorcock (ed.) Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4, p. 143); alluding to Lord Acton's quote above.