--- title: "10 Power Attracts Quotes by 5 authors" description: "Browse 10 Power Attracts quotes by 5 authors. Discover the best Power Attracts sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/frank-herbert-262_corruption_power-attracts-the-corruptible-suspect-a_860507.jpg" --- > [Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/power-attracts-the-corruptible-suspect-any-who-seek-it/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e89/frank-herbert-262_corruption_power-attracts-the-corruptible-suspect-a_860507.jpg) > [All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/all-governments-suffer-a-recurring-problem-power-attracts-3/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89b/frank-herbert-262_anti-war_all-governments-suffer-a-recurring-probl_2773206.jpg) > [Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-abbey/power-is-always-dangerous-power-attracts-the-worst-and-corrupts-the/) [Edward Abbey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-abbey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e7/edward-abbey-254_dangerous_power-is-always-dangerous-power-attracts_979040.png) > [Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/absolute-power-does-not-corrupt-absolutely-absolute-power-attracts/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/frank-herbert-262_absolute-power_absolute-power-does-not-corrupt-absolute_1980044.jpg) > [Your mental attitude gives your entire personality a drawing power that attracts the circumstances, things and people you think about most!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/napoleon-hill/your-mental-attitude-gives-your-entire-personality-a-drawing-power/) [Napoleon Hill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/napoleon-hill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/deb/napoleon-hill-201_attitude_your-mental-attitude-gives-your-entire-p_422230.jpg) > [It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-brin/it-is-said-that-power-corrupts-but-actually-it-s-more-true-that-power/) [David Brin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-brin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/58e/david-brin-3024_corrupts_it-is-said-that-power-corrupts-but-actua_2489819.png) > [Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-a-dembski/because-government-has-tremendous-power-it-attracts-people-who-are/) [William A. Dembski](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-a-dembski/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/001/william-a-dembski-10968_achieve_because-government-has-tremendous-power_736745.png) > [Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/power-attracts-the-corruptible-suspect-all-who-seek-it-we-should/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e88/frank-herbert-262_affair_power-attracts-the-corruptible-suspect-a_2588470.jpg) > [All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/all-governments-suffer-a-recurring-problem-power-attracts-2/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82f/frank-herbert-262_anti-war_all-governments-suffer-a-recurring-probl_1760770.jpg) > [All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/all-governments-suffer-a-recurring-problem-power-attracts/) [Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/513/frank-herbert-262_corruption_all-governments-suffer-a-recurring-probl_347168.jpg) ## Top authors on Power Attracts - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-frank-herbert-35734.jpg) Frank Herbert 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/power-attracts/frank-herbert/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/power-attracts/#itemlist", "name": "Power Attracts Quotes", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Power attracts the corruptible. 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