Alicia wrote: > > i had this quote identified as anonymous, now i find that John Lehman > said it? > > "Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat." > "I had this quote identified as anonymous, ..." Now THAT is a neat turn of a phrase! Yes, Alicia, the man who wielded absolute power over the lives of every sailor and marine in the U.S. during the first six years of the Reagan administration said that. He was John Lehman, and he was the U.S. Secretary of the Navy (http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq37-1.htm) from 1981-1987 ... which is almost synonymous with anonymous. atbty, -- don ;-) don e. z'boray steven wright jumpstation webmaster@newbie.net http://newbie.net/JumpStations/StevenWright/