Tolkien's Lord of the Rings takes this truth to the obvious and necessary conclusion: the Ring of Power MUST be DESTROYED, for nothing less can end the evil it creates. Here's Frodo desperately trying to give the Ring to Gandalf, who knows that simply having the Ring will cause him to bring evil into the world (dialog from the Peter Jackson film):
Take it, Gandalf. Take it!
No, Frodo.
You must take it!
You cannot offer me this Ring.
I'm giving it to you!
Don't tempt me, Frodo! I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe. Understand, Frodo – I would use this Ring from a desire to do good . . . [long pause] . . . but through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine.
Tolkien's Lord of the Rings takes this truth to the obvious and necessary conclusion: the Ring of Power MUST be DESTROYED, for nothing less can end the evil it creates. Here's Frodo desperately trying to give the Ring to Gandalf, who knows that simply having the Ring will cause him to bring evil into the world (dialog from the Peter Jackson film):