Can do Quote by Antonin Scalia

If the problem is Washington is corrupt, why on Earth would you want to give more power to Washington?

— Ted Cruz

Washington has a tendency to hold other powers to standards that it routinely flaunts - plain and simple.

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

All power corrupts but some must govern.

— John le Carre

As more money flowed through Washington and as Washington's power to regulate our lives grew, opportunities and temptations for graft, influence peddling and cutting…

— Steve Forbes

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

One of my big beliefs about Washington is that we highly overstate the power of individuals and highly underrate seeing Washington as a system,…

— Ezra Klein

Washington's impulsive use of power is a danger to America and to the world.

— Paul Craig Roberts

My sense was that most of the elected officials in Washington - in their heart of hearts - really believe that the system can't…

— DeForest Soaries

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to…

— Frank Herbert

There's really a fundamental political corruption problem that put Washington completely out of touch with the people.

— Cal Cunningham

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts absolutely

— Bertrand Russell