Corrupts Quotes

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Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them. — Plato
I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and… — Socrates
It's foul what this money could do, cash corrupts the loyal. — Unknown Author
Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural power… — Edmund Burke
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? — Harry Shearer
Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest… — Sophocles
Overregulation corrupts citizens and weakens the rule of law. — Lawrence Lessig
All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely. — Edmund Wilson
We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's… — Robert Caro
Time pressure gradually corrupts an engineer's standard of quality and perfection. It has a detrimental effect on people as well as products — Niklaus Wirth
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike,… — Lord Acton
Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely. — Vinton Cerf
Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret. — Daniel Schorr
Success Corrupts and Limits Potential as Soon as You Start to Think You Could Do It Alone. — Scott Belsky
Procrastination is also a subtle act of corruption â€“ it corrupts valuable time — Amit Abraham
Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. — Eric Hoffer
We must overthrow the material and moral conditions of our present-day life. . . . We must first purify our atmosphere and completely transform the… — Mikhail Bakunin
It has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but many it not be truer to say that to be absolutely powerful a man must… — Terence Rattigan
There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts. — Jiang Qing
Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil. — Eleanor Roosevelt

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