"You do not know!" replied Bluebeard. "I very well know. You were resolved to go into the closet, were you not? Mighty well, madam; you shall go in, and take your place among the ladies you saw there."
But even his extraordinary skill could not save the South from the industrial power of the North and its mighty armies armies that were well-fed and well-equipped.
VOA: special.2009.12.24
But once they are in office the reformers notice that, well, they possess mighty central power, wonderfully unconstrained by checks and balances.
Christian Noyer, the vice president of the European Central Bank, as well as figures from the mighty German Bundesbank, don't want any countries to use the euro until they have painfully satisfied all the Maastricht Treaty conditions, like balancing the government budget, or at least coming reasonably close.