I have a wife, I have sons: all of them hostages given to fate.
LucanRead
Among those who share a throne there can be no loyalty; Dominion's ever impatient consort.
Interpretation
Power and loyalty cannot coexist among peers who are equally powerful.
This quote suggests that in situations where multiple individuals share power or a position of authority, true loyalty among them cannot exist. The dynamics of power create an environment of suspicion and competition, leading to a lack of trust and allegiance, as each individual is aware of the other's ambitions and capabilities.
In practice
In a discussion about the challenges of leadership during a corporate seminar.
Trust is a social good to be protected just as much as the air we breathe or the water we drink. When it is damaged, the community as a whole suffers; and when it is destroyed, societies falter and collapse
We dedicated ourselves to a powerful idea - organic law rather than naked power. There seems to be universal acceptance of that idea in the nation.
Reality is a question of perspective.
Christianity isn’t moving people’s lives today. What’s moving people’s lives is the stock market and the baseball scores. What are people excited about? It’s a totally materialistic level that has taken over the world. There isn’t even an ideal that anybody’s fighting for.
I never gave up Christianity until I was forty years of age.
We are more unhappy to see people ahead of us than happy to see people behind us.
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