If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
How can a novelist achieve atonement when with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also god? — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
Master of the universe but not of myself, I am the only rebel against my absolute power. — Pierre Corneille Copy Share Image
Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
[H]e that thinks absolute power purifies men's blood, and corrects the baseness of human nature, need read the history of this, or… — John Locke Copy Share Image
No human being, man, woman, or child, may safely be entrusted to the power of another; for no human being may safely… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a… — Rafael Correa Copy Share Image
Imagination, which in truth Is but another name for absolute power And clearest insight, amplitude of mind, And reason, in her most… — William Wordsworth Copy Share Image
Does the manager have absolute power in England? No, it depends on a budget and on the executive director that negotiates the… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
The threat to change Senate rules is a raw abuse of power and will destroy the very checks and balances our founding… — Harry Reid Copy Share Image
Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they… — Howard Nemerov Copy Share Image
“Lijuan warned Raphael I’d make him a little bit mortal.' 'You have.' Quiet equanimity. 'And you worry you’ve weakened him. You have.'… — Nalini Singh Copy Share Image
Do you know what love is? Love is an absolute power of self-totality. Love is not what you think love is. Love… — Harbhajan Singh Yogi Copy Share Image
“You must never forget that dealing with a monarch is not like dealing with an ordinary man,” Ibn Sina said. “A king… — Noah Gordon Copy Share Image
“MAO TSE-TUNG, who for decades held absolute power over the lives of one-quarter of the world’s population, was responsible for well over… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
“Let no one ever intimidate you, you are standing on no one's ground. But again, some have claimed the earth as their… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
“Honestly, I don't really care whether Jesus had ever walked upon planet earth or not. I'm only interested in three great ideas… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“The stars and planets do not guide us. Instead, they are guided by the core of our being and reflect our physical… — Matthew A. Petti Copy Share Image
The president has the power to sign or veto a bill. If he signs it, it becomes law. If he vetoes it,… — Richard Painter Copy Share Image
“In the Soviet Union, for example, shooting or jailing political opponents at first helped the Communist Party and then Josef Stalin gain… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I will not b influenced by what ppl say r do I will seek to establish an identity of my own.I love… — Wk Copy Share Image
If it be admitted that a man, possessing absolute power, may misuse that power by wronging his adversaries, why should a majority… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“The usual example given to illustrate an Outside Context Problem was imagining you were a tribe on a largish, fertile island; you'd… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
How can a novelist achieve atonement when, with her absolute power of deciding outcomes, she is also God? There is no one,… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
“As science attained unprecedented power through its ability to predict and control certain limited aspects of nature, it also began to overshadow… — Dean Radin Copy Share Image
“We might already have figured this out from the careful placing of Philippians 2.8b, thanatou de staurou, “even the death of the… — N.T. Wright Copy Share Image
“Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
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