User blog comment:Spritydove/Deeper Thought into the Civil War/@comment-5135631-20120707164216/@comment-3472264-20120716163059

@Anon I wasn't refering to "Absolute power corrupts absoulutely" I was refering to the simple and straightforward "Power corrupts" which while more of a concept than an actual phrase still applies. The reason that the shout wasn't used for such purposes was because there was a much higher volume of people who could shout so it would've been extremely dangerous to misuse the shout in that manner. As opposed to today where there are only 6 mortals who know how to shout, 4 of which are extremely peaceful and one of which doesn't technically count since he/she is basically a dragon in a mortal body. When there are less people that can do it then you're tempted to use it for more malicious purposes because you know there will be less people who can counter you. Once again it's one of those things that prevents people from getting hurt.