We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans... — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
Arbitrary power has seldom... been introduced in any country at once. It must be introduced by slow degrees, and as it were… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
There's only one man really responsible for those events - Yahya Khan. Both he and his advisers were so drunk with power… — Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Copy Share Image
No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. ... The time has come to consider how… — Jacob Bronowski Copy Share Image
We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
I see in the near future a crisis approaching that unnerves me and causes me to tremble for the safety of my… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law. — Louis D. Brandeis 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… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
“Under fascism, it is not primarily the power of money which corrupts, but rather does corruption spring from the power of the… — Günter Reimann Copy Share Image
The truth was that all men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Fight scarcity power and corruption; correct externalities; try to maximise information; get the incentives right; engage with other countries; and most of… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
