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.
Christ is the Word of God. It is not in certain texts written in the New Testament, valuable as they are; it is not in certain words which Jesus spoke, vast as is their preciousness; it is in the Word, which Jesus is, that the great manifestation of God is made.
I recently discussed with an intelligent and well-disposed man the threat of another war, which in my opinion would seriously endanger the existence of mankind, and I remarked that only a supranational organization would offer protection from that danger. Thereupon my visitor, very calmly and coolly, said to me: "Why are you so deeply opposed to the disappearance of the human race?".
I don't know why I still find it so hard to accept that words are faulty and by their very nature innacurate
Hell is having to execute a pointless act from which nothing ever comes except the need to do it again.
No one has ever become poor by giving.
A lie which is half a truth is ever the blackest of lies.
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