Full Idea
Every human group that exercises power does so …in such a way as to increase that power.
Gist of Idea
People in power always try to increase their power
Source
Simone Weil (Prospects: Proletarian Revolution? [1933], p.15)
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'Oppression and Liberty' [Routledge 1955], p.15
A Reaction
Not so true in smaller institutions, but at the centre of power you can control how power is distributed, so the temptation is too much.