Authority Quote by Mikhail Bakunin

“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

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

— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

“He proved that it was equally true if the disregard was by a ruler or by a people. "It spreads like a disease," he…

— Walter Van Tilburg Clark

“Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.”

— Orrin Woodward

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

— William Gaddis

“Power can be hoarded by the mighty or stolen from the innocent.Power provides the ability to choose. But has a proclivity for corruption. The…

— Emily Thorne

“absolute power is corrupting”

— Richard Wright

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

— David Boaz

“He will repeat it boldly (for it has been said before him), truths that form the basis of political and moral science are not…

— Jeremy Bentham

“There would be many crimes and errors which it would be beyond his power to commit, simply because they were nameless and therefore unimaginable.”

— George Orwell

“Thr truth is inconvertible. Malice may attack it and ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.....”

— Winston Churchill

“Absolute power corrupts absolutely, and no power is more absolute than parenthood.”

— Andrew Solomon