# Quote — Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune

> Power attracts the corruptible. Absolute power attracts the absolutely corruptible. This is the danger of an entrenched bureaucracy to it's subject population. Even "spoils" systems are preferable because levels of tolerance are lower and the corrupt can be thrown out periodically. Entrenched bureaucracy seldom can be touched short of violence. Beware when Civil service and military join hands!

- Author: [Frank Herbert](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert.md)
- Book: [Chapterhouse: Dune](https://www.leafyquotes.com/frank-herbert/chapterhouse-dune.md)
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