Corruption Quote by Frank Herbert

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

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities.

— Frank Herbert

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

— John Steinbeck

Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.

— William Gaddis

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

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

All power corrupts but some must govern.

— John le Carre

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

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

The attraction of power is heady, addictive. And as we know from real life, it can be a disease. A horrific disease.

— Liam Cunningham

Government has within it a tendency to abuse its powers.

— John C. Calhoun

“You see, we often get noncreative leaders, people most interested in preserving their own positions. They flock around centers of power. Such centers attract…

— Frank Herbert