Believe Quote by George Washington

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

— William Pitt

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

— William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

— George Davis Herron

... the Power who gave a power, by its mere existence, signifies that it must be brought out towards perfection.

— Margaret Fuller

The disposition of all power is to abuses, nor does it at all mend the matter that its possessors are a majority.

— James F. Cooper

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.

— Frederick Law Olmsted

To get power over is to defile. To possess is to defile.

— Simone Weil

All great power has to do to destroy itself is persist in trying to do the impossible.

— Stephen Vizinczey

The possession of great powers no doubt carries with it a comtempt for mere external show

— James A. Garfield

The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.

— Charles Babbage

Power is not a material possession that can be given, it is the ability to act. Power must be taken, it is never given.

— William Powell

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

— Anonymous