Corruption Quote by Eric Hoffer

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

— Adlai Stevenson I

It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few,…

— Eric Hoffer

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

— Samuel Johnson

All power corrupts but some must govern.

— John le Carre

Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.

— William Gaddis

Power corrupts the few, whileweakness corrupts the many… The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from…

— Eric Hoffer

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

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.Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

— Lord Acton

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things…

— David Brin

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 tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

— Anonymous