Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it. — William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Copy Share Image
I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. — Elia Kazan Copy Share Image
There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. — Lord Acton 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
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
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
Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals. — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
When plunder becomes a way of life, men create for themselves a legal system that authorizes it and a moral code that… — Frederic Bastiat 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
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
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
“They’ve worked the absolute-power-corrupts-absolutely truth since the beginning of time. They foment destruction and chaos. It puts them in their happy place.” — Nina Bangs Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Power not only corrupts he who wields the power but those who submit to it. Those who grovel at the feet of… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
Absolute truisms rot brains absolutely.[...]'Power corrupts' is useless as a tool for understanding the past, and gives us nothing as a guide… — Steven Brust Copy Share Image
“You wouldn’t know what it’s like to grow up privileged and powerful. It’s intoxicating. Watching how people defer to you, and to… — Robert Bryndza 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
“It ain't power that corrupts, it's the changes you put your head through getting it.” — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret. — Daniel Schorr Copy Share Image
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
I don't think 'Citizen Kane' stands more than one watch. Power corrupts. Who didn't know that? — John Cooper Clarke Copy Share Image
the old axiom that 'all power corrupts' has doubtful validity, because it derives from our neglect of Plato's advice to find men… — Oswald Mosley Copy Share Image
“Knowledge is power; power corrupts. Corruption brings shame and ruin. Ignorance may not be bliss, but it is perhaps preferable to a… — Lauren Kate Copy Share Image
“I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of… — Brandon Sanderson 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
Power corrupts and there is way too much corrupted power. Stand up and monitor the government that is supposed to work for… — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
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