“A thirst for absolute power is a natural disease of monarchy”— ***There is no

—“A thirst for absolute power is a natural disease of monarchy”—

***There is nothing special about monarchy in this regard. The thirst for power is a natural OBJECTIVE of ALL MEN. While I would perhaps dispute that it is a desire to AQUIRE, and that POWER is merely a MEANS, then at least loosely there is no behavioral distinction between the will to POWER and the will to AQUIRE.***