Ewart: Corruption is the Predictable Outcome of Size, Wealth, Power and Ego!
“It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.” – David Brin
The Founding Fathers went to great lengths to limit the build up of centralized power. First, they limited the powers of the federal government to 17 enumerated powers, as delineated in Article I, Section 8 of the U. S. Constitution. They went even further to limit centralized power by establishing the “Separation of Powers” doctrine, such that the executive, legislative and judicial branches of the federal government were designed to hold each of the other branches in check. But the final check on centralized power came in the form of the 9th and 10th Amendments, granting ALL OTHER rights and powers to the states and the people.
Imagine for a moment that a dear friend, or a loved one, gave you a valuable gift, then later someone attempted to steal that gift from you. How would you react? Would you just let them have it, or would you not let them take it from you without some sort of fight? Worse, what if that person, or group of people, who were trying to steal that gift were friends, or people upon whom you thought you could trust to protect your gift? 
Normally, we assume that anyone who runs for and assumes the office of president has an agenda intended to succeed and thereby ensure that history will look favorably on his accomplishments. The men who served in that office craved success and loathed failure.
