In general, there are eight steps that should be followed in order to open a probate estate with the appropriate state court, but some of the steps can be skipped if the decedent didn't leave a Last Will and Testament or left a pile of papers to sort through.
The Immoralist. The Immoralist (French: L'Immoraliste) is a novel by AndrÃ© Gide, published in France in 1902.
Currently voted the best answer. They may have all said it at one time or another but it was Lord Acton (1834-1902), British historian, who originally wrote: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man.. http://www.bartleby.com/66/9/2709.html. QUOTATION: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.