"... The dominion of good men is profitable, not so much for themselves as for human affairs. But the dominion of bad men is hurtful chiefly to themselves who rule, for they destroy their own souls by greater licence in wickedness;"
Augustine of Hippo was an early Christian theologian and philosopher who served as bishop of Hippo Regius. His works, including Confessions and The City of God, had major influence on Christian theology and Western thought.