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Power Corrupts Quotes by Eric Hoffer
- 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…
- Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
- It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while…
- Power corrupts the few, whileweakness corrupts the many.... The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from the…
More Power Corrupts Quotes
- The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong,… — Hannah Arendt
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams
- Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer
- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which… — Lord Acton
- Then there is the worst part of Christianity, which is awful: power, corruption, manipulation... But then again, these feature are ever present… — Bruce Kent
- All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert
- 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