Full Idea
Power (and money, power's master key) is means at its purest. For that very reason, it is the supreme end for those who have not understood.
Gist of Idea
Power and money are supreme means, thus blinding people to ends
Source
Simone Weil (Gravity and Grace [1942], 'Metaxu')
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Gravity and Grace', ed/tr. Crawford/De Ruhr [Routledge 1952], p.146
A Reaction
A lovely observation about the sort of people addicted to power and money. Her thought seems to be that this means is so pure that they can't see anything beyond it.