Crumble

"When you’re addressing power, don’t expect it to crumble willingly. If you’re going to say, 'Hey now, look you guys, please look at what you did and look at yourselves and punish yourselves and at least try to square this thing, right?'--well, you’ll make slower progress at that than you would expect. I mean, even the most modest expectations are going to be unfulfilled."
-Sidney Poitier,
"The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography"