Is Power Good or Bad?

"POWER by itself is neither good nor bad!! It depends upon the person who wields it! Like a knife that can be used for cutting an apple as well as cutting the throat of another, Power becomes an instrument in the hands of people with good or bad intentions!! It is the quality of Man to acquire power and impress others with that!! He cannot keep quiet!! He wants to show off his power to others by conquering nations, killing people and spreading destruction!! History is replete with incidents of this power struggle between dynasties when one's own kith and kin were murdered in cold blood!! It is the ambition to become powerful and dominate that is the moving force!! Power and supreme authority breeds corruption!! we know the maxim " Power corrupts Absolute power corrupts Absolutely!" Very powerful Nations like America and Russia want to dominate the world and pressurize the other weaker nations!! Russia's recent annexation of the Crimean Peninsula is a case in point!! America has an iron hand on many smaller nations!! Power has two ramifications! Money power and military power!! These can be used to subjugate other smaller nations and a few more can be threatened into submission by military power!! In other words powerful people and nations can never keep quiet! They must do something to show off their power and dominance!! It is said that a king who is satisfied with his kingdom will fall!! He has to invade and conquer other kingdoms!! Otherwise, another king will conquer him and snatch away his kingdom!! All the terrible wars in history and the two world wars are the result of the will to dominate and exercise their power over other nations and people!! Compared to physical power, mental power is less dangerous!! While science and technology have made the life of man very comfortable and worth living,men at the helm of nations have misused them for the destruction of humanity!! The Atom Bomb is an example!! it has destroyed the generation of people in Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan!! Chemical and poisonous gas weapons are used by certain nations against their enemies mercilessly!! For all these misdeeds, it is the unchangeable basic nature of man that is responsible!! He has changed many things in the world but he has not changed himself basically!! He is obsessed with power, greed, money and many other evil things that lead him to his doom!! The fight for political power is very significant!! It is the hot bed of corruption!! The statement of assets of the candidates is shocking!! The income of a particular candidate has increased  by 1200% in five years!! So there is a cutthroat contest for seats in parliament!! There is no chance to end corruption as long as Man does not change his nature!!"