Abel Quote by Lord Acton

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

— Anonymous

More often than not, Americans and Westerners overestimated the power and capability of the Soviet Union.

— Alexander Haig

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

— Adlai Stevenson I

I came up during the cold war, and during the cold war it was always possible with the then Soviet Union - the Russian…

— Ashton Carter

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

— Bret Weinstein

We think we have no power when in fact we have more than enough power.

— Tim DeChristopher

Strong countries and strong presidents talk to their adversaries. That's what Kennedy did with Khrushchev. That's what Reagan did with Gorbachev. That's what Nixon…

— Barack Obama

When you doubt your power you give power to doubt.

— Rev Run

The real threat to world stability is not too much American power. It is too little American power.

— Michael Mandelbaum

Power is always a corrupting influence.

— Charles Dance

All power corrupts but some must govern.

— John le Carre