Absolute power Quote by Howard Nemerov

Absolute power corrupts absolutely .

— Anonymous

I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secured on the back of massive parliamentary majorities,…

— Charles Kennedy

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

— Lord Acton

Power corrupts.Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

— Lord Acton

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

— Anonymous

Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.

— William Gaddis

It's very hard to operate on a general philosophy of power. They say that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, but I don't…

— Mark Pellegrino

All power corrupts but some must govern.

— John le Carre

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

— Bret Weinstein

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

Absolute power, as we have always known, corrupts absolutely; it corrupts because it does not do the trick for the individual. Reality always creeps…

— Irvin D. Yalom

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

— Adlai Stevenson I