Corrupt power Quote by George Bernard Shaw

Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.

— William Gaddis

“Power is pure undiluted energy which is incapable of corrupting itself. So where got we this 'that power corrupts men'? We got it wrong.…

— Paul Bamikole

There is a bizarre notion according to which it is claimed that because men are corrupt, it is necessary to give certain of them…

— Benjamin Constant

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 corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

— Adlai Stevenson I

It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.

— Anonymous

Power not only corrupts he who wields the power but those who submit to it. Those who grovel at the feet of power betray…

— Louis L'Amour

It has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but many it not be truer to say that to be absolutely powerful a man…

— Terence Rattigan

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

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

— John Steinbeck

“Power does not corrupt people, people corrupt people.”

— William Gaddis