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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. — Edward Abbey
Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. — Benjamin Banneker
Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite. — Jorge Luis Borges
It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than… — David Brin
Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver. — Edmund Burke
The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong, is, like envy… — Hannah Arendt
Violence is a disease, a disease that corrupts all who use it regardless of the cause. — Chris Hedges
It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible. — Frank Herbert
Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still demands from others… — Eric Hoffer
The industry is littered with self-styled purists who believe the business of media.. the requirement to make a profit.. somehow corrupts the craft. — Lachlan Murdoch
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?? — George Deacon
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still… — Lord Acton
Repeatedly asking for government help undermines the foundations of society by destroying initiative and responsibility. It is also a fatal blow to efficiency and corrupts… — Charles Koch
But for the Jews this moral-spiritual issue raises the same societal problem it does for the Greeks: how can a man have the "right" to… — Kenny Smith
There are similarities between absolute power and absolute faith: a demand for absolute obedience, a readiness to attempt the impossible, a bias for simple solutionsto… — Eric Hoffer
Machines are admirable and tyrannize only with the user's consent. Where, then, is the enemy? Not where the machine gives relief from drudgery but where… — Jacques Barzun
The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these… — Frank Herbert
The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty. — Immanuel Kant

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