Power Corrupts Quotes

49 Power Corrupts quotes by 35 unique authors

There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys… — Lord Acton
There is a strong moralistic strain in the civil rights movement that would remind us that power corrupts, forgetting that the absence of power also… — Bayard Rustin
In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. — John Kenneth Galbraith
To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending. — Rafael Correa
I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. — Elia Kazan
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the… — John F. Kennedy
It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts… — Aung San Suu Kyi
The story being told in 'Star Wars' is a classic one. Every few hundred years, the story is retold because we have a tendency to… — George Lucas
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. — William Pitt
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. — George Bernard Shaw
You know, 'power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely?' It's the same with powerlessness. Absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely. Einstein said everything had changed since the… — Studs Terkel
This book will prove the following ten facts: 1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there. 2. Pigs have… — Diana Wynne Jones
Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only take… — Howard Nemerov
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… — Eric Hoffer
It is supposed that power corrupts,' the caterpillar said in a voice as untroubled as time itself. "yet the powerful are often corrupt before they… — Frank Beddor
If knowledge is power and power corrupt, does knowledge corrupt? — James Moore
It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite.… — Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. — John F. Lehman, Jr.
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History… — John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
Absolute power corrupts absolutely . — Unknown Author
All power corrupts, but we need the electricity. — Unknown Author
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… — Eric Hoffer
Power corrupts.Absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton

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