Power Quote by David Brin

The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.

— David Brin

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

— Frank Herbert

Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

— Robert Caro

It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible.

— Frank Herbert

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power…

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

— John Steinbeck

It is supposed that power corrupts,' the caterpillar said in a voice as untroubled as time itself. "yet the powerful are often corrupt before…

— Frank Beddor

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

— Adlai Stevenson I

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

— Eric Hoffer

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts absolutely

— Bertrand Russell

We have all been told that power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I have long thought this is nonsense.

— Bret Weinstein