Nearly all men can exist in adversary bt if you want to check a man's true character, give him power

Lets get it done.. "Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it"-William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chathamand British Prime Minister from 1766 to 1778. My premise is this: 'power shows a man's true character' let me start by definition of terms which will aid me into this argument. POWER:1. the capacity or ability to direct or influence the behavior of others or the course of events. 2. physical strength and force exerted by something or someone. ADVERSITY:The wordadversity means an unpleasant or a difficult situation. Ask.com, freeonlinedictionary.com, wikipedia.com My argument is based on this platform, one will not know what the other has in mind until you give such a fellow power to exist. I didn't not draw this inspiration from hindi scripture rather from a famous man known as 'Abraham lincoln' and he was wise when he said this. Let me start by giving examples of military dictators who promised heaven and earth to the citizens and later, they built heaven on earth for their family to the detrement of the citizens. 1.SANI ABACHA of Nigeria who lead as a military dictator. Before this man gained power to rule as the president, he promised to solve the problems which other presidents didn't solve and immediately power was given to him to rule, he turned into a dictator and even went ahead to embezzle billions of naira.www.vanguardngr.com/2012/12/abacha-... www.theguardian.com>News>World news>Nigeria... 2.MOBUTU. The case of this man was similar to the case of sani Abacha..I think lincoln was practically right by this statement. Let me use personal anecdote, my uncle married a lady called saint from california with the intension that the girl is calm, immediately after marriage, my uncle allowed her to portray her character by giving her authority to act onbehalf of him if he is not around. First of all, the woman ended my uncle's career through her bad character, brought hatred in the family by portraying how she hated my grandmother and also she turned into a fly that can't petch thereby disobeying my uncle's order. The outcome was that they seeked for divorce. What am I saying, that when once you give somebody power, you will know both the in and out character of the person. No wounder Euripides (c. 480BC-406BC) said:whom the god's wish to destroy, he will first make them mad with power in other to show their real character. NO WOUNDER:The Good Chief G.B. Grinnell in his book ""The Cheyenne Indians: Their History and Ways of Life"" describes the leadership of these North American hunter-gatherers as follows: A good chief gave his whole heart and his whole mind to the work of helping his people, and strove for their welfare with an earnestness and a devotion rarely equaled by the rulers of other men. Such thought for his fellows was not without its influence on the man himself; after a time the spirit of goodwill which animated him became reflected in his countenance, so that as he grew old such a chief often came to have a most benevolent and kindly expression. Yet, though simple, honest, generous, tender"0"2hearted, and often merry and jolly, when occasion demanded he could be stern, severe, and inflexible of purpose .... They were like the conven"0"2tional notion of Indians in nothing save in the color of their skin. True friends, delightful companions, wise counselors, they were men whose atti"0"2tude toward their fellows we might all emulate. But this indian leaders character was shown when power was given to them to govern the state. www.onhumannature.com/power.htm. In conclusion, when I said absolute power corrupts, my adversary said he didn't agree with that. Quite well, I would like him to give me reasons in his next line of argument