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.
I feel, am mad as any writer must in one way be; why not make it real? I am too close to the bourgeois society of suburbia: too close to people I know I must sever my self from them, or be a part of their world: this half and half compromise is intolerable.
You were always uncomfortable with the rhetoric of emotion, which is quite a different matter from discomfort with emotion itself.
The first question here, then, is not "What is best for my soul?" nor is it even "What is most useful to humanity?" But-transcending both these limited aims-what function must this life fulfill in the great and secret economy of God?
In our memories, there is a graveyard where we bury our dead. They all lie there together, the loved ones and the ones we hated, friends and foes and kin, with no distinction among them. We have to mourn every one of them, because our memories have made them as much a part of us as our bones or our skin. If we don't, we've no right to remember anything at all.
To reason with goverments, as they have existed for ages, is to argue with brutes. It is only from the nations themselves that reforms can be expected
This is sweet to see your foe, perish and pay to justice all he owes.
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