Absolute power Quote by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority:…

— Lord Acton

“Men are not corrupted by the exercise of power, or debased by the habit of obedience; but by the exercise of a power which…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

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

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

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

— George Bernard Shaw

“The greater a man's talents, the greater his power to lead astray. It is better than one should suffer than that many should be…

— Aldous Huxley

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

— William Gaddis

Great power often corrupts virtue; it invariably renders vice more malignant. . . . In proportion as the powers of government increase, both its…

— John Taylor of Caroline

“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

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Thus”

— David Boaz

“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

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