Corruption Quote by Michel Templet

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

— William Gaddis

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptible.

— Frank Herbert

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

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

All power corrupts but some must govern.

— John le Carre

“Corrupt governments are run by corrupt politicians that run corrupt law enforcement agencies.”

— Steven Magee

“Those in government are especially susceptible to the corruption of power, because government is institutionalized coercion.”

— George H. Smith

Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.

— William Gaddis

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

Absolute power corrupts absolutely; and if you surrender your personal responsibility to a government which promises to take care of you, they will only…

— Howard Nemerov

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

— Adlai Stevenson I

Corruption in government is an overwhelming problem.

— Tom Fitton