Proof that power corrupts

Anyone can perform this experiment.Listen to Rick Santorum utter a threatening lieHis voice changesIt has the timbre of unalloyed evilIt has the breath of corruptionIt is a sign that cannot be hidden from those with ears to hearLying is a prelude to the very worst evilsListen to him as he savors the word cullThen see his boyish smileAnd understand that if it were removed there would be a face of hate beneath it
Charles Sanders Peirce - Thinking in Threes