Absolute power Quote by Robert Caro

It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible.

— Frank Herbert

We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe…

— Robert Caro

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.

— Adlai Stevenson I

Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.

— William Gaddis

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

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things…

— David Brin

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

— Anonymous

It is supposed that power corrupts,' the caterpillar said in a voice as untroubled as time itself. "yet the powerful are often corrupt before…

— Frank Beddor

Power corrupts.Absolute power corrupts absolutely.

— Lord Acton

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.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

“Power doesn’t corrupt, it reveals.”

— Robert Caro