We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Studying expands knowledge, knowledge is power, power corrupts, corruption is a crime, crime doesnt pay. Why study? — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and no power is more absolute than parenthood.” — Andrew Solomon Copy Share Image
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
“He who is given power will inevitably become an oppressor and exploiter of society.” — Mikhail Bakunin Copy Share Image
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams Copy Share Image
If all power corrupts, then a doctor, who literally holds life and death in his hands, must be at particular risk. — P. D. James Copy Share Image
The most awful thing about power is not that it corrupts absolutely but that it makes people so utterly boring, so predictable. — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation... But then again, these feature are ever present… — Bruce Kent Copy Share Image
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters… — John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Copy Share Image
The true terrorists of our world do not meet at the docks at midnight, or scream "Allahu Akbar" before some violent action.… — Peter Joseph Copy Share Image
When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secured on the back of massive… — Charles Kennedy Copy Share Image
If power corrupts, weakness in the seat of power, with its constant necessity of deals and bribes and compromising arrangements,corrupts even more. — Barbara Tuchman Copy Share Image
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by… — David Brin Copy Share Image
Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Power corrupts the few, whileweakness corrupts the many… The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and… — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton Copy Share Image
“You see, we often get noncreative leaders, people most interested in preserving their own positions. They flock around centers of power. Such… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Power is pure undiluted energy which is incapable of corrupting itself. So where got we this 'that power corrupts men'? We got… — Paul Bamikole Copy Share Image
There are similarities between absolute power and absolute faith: a demand for absolute obedience, a readiness to attempt the impossible, a bias… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
It is supposed that power corrupts,' the caterpillar said in a voice as untroubled as time itself. "yet the powerful are often… — Frank Beddor Copy Share Image
“Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“True choice requires that a person have the ability to choose an option and not be prevented from choosing it by any… — Sheena Iyengar Copy Share Image
