Yes! Everybody should read
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/the_value_of_... who quotes
Cardinal Richelieu "If one would give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest man, I would find something in them to have him hanged."
As Schneier puts it: two proverbs sum it up: "Who watches the watchers?" and "Absolute power corrupts absolutely."