# The Lust for Power

**URL:** <https://www.libertarianism.org/podcasts/excursions/the-lust-for-power>

**By** George H. Smith

**Published:** September 7, 2016

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George H. Smith explains how the insatiable desire for power and its corrupting influence have been dominant themes in libertarian theory and history.

[Originally published in essay form on January 17, 2014.](https://www.libertarianism.org/columns/lust-power)

_Narrated by Daniel Hyland._