Power is a disease one has no desire to be cured of.
Interpretation
Power can become addictive, and those who hold it often do not wish to relinquish it.
The quote by Giulio Andreotti suggests that the pursuit and possession of power can become an obsessive condition, much like a disease. Those who are in power may enjoy its benefits so much that they have no intention of giving it up, regardless of the potential harm it may cause to themselves or others. This raises questions about the nature of power and its effects on individuals and society, illuminating the challenges of leadership and governance.
In practice
During a political debate, one could use this quote to highlight the challenges of political leaders in relinquishing power.
The sun is not ridiculous, quite the contrary. On everything I like, on the rust of the construction girders, on the rotten boards of the fence, a miserly, uncertain light falls, like the look you give, after a sleepless night, on decisions made with enthusiasm the day before, on pages you have written in one spurt without crossing out a word.
What can I know? What ought I to do? What may I hope?
The only reality is the one we have inside us. What makes most people’s lives so artificial and unworthy is that they falsely regard outside images as reality and they never allow their own inner world to speak.
We are the eyes of the cosmos. So that in a way, when you look deeply into somebody's eyes, you're looking deep into yourself, and the other person is looking deeply into the same self.
Free men cannot start a war, but once it is started, they can fight on in defeat. Herd men, followers of a leader, cannot do that, and so it is always the herd men who win battles and the free men who win wars.
I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.
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