Corrupts Quotes

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The habit of shedding blood, or even of seeing it shed, corrupts all sentiment of humanity. — Unknown Author
Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its own… — Unknown Author
When power corrupts, poetry cleanses — John F. Kennedy
I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.… — Lord Acton
The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege; but the abuse of it, in this country, is a frightful evil. The licentiousness of the… — Noah Webster
If I had to choose a motto for myself, I would take this one â€” pure, dure, sÃ»re, [Pure, hard, certain] â€” in other words:… — Savitri Devi
There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to… — Jorge Luis Borges
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
If thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. A bad usage can spread by tradition and imitation even among people who should and do… — George Orwell
I think Republicans need to take income inequality more seriously. Not because I favor equality of outcomes. I do not. I think the Right is… — Jonathan Haidt
Gaming corrupts our disposition and teaches us a habit of hostility against all mankind. — Thomas Jefferson
How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me — Malcolm Muggeridge
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible. Such… — Frank Herbert
Sin corrupts even our good deeds. We injure our shoulder trying to pat ourselves on the back. — D. A. Carson
Sin defies God, utterly corrupts each individual, corrodes all social relationships, and issues in death. — D. A. Carson
If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways. — Arthur Koestler
Luxury either comes of riches or makes them necessary; it corrupts at once rich and poor, the rich by possession and the poor by covetousness. — Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action. — Will Durant
The Left corrupts everything it touches — Dennis Prager
Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. — Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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