Action Quote by Will Durant

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimely interchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

— Anonymous

It is not power itself, but the legitimation of the lust for power, which corrupts absolutely

— Bertrand Russell

As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.

— Woodrow Wilson

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect any who seek it.

— Frank Herbert

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

— Anonymous

Power is of an encroaching nature.

— James Madison

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

— Eric Hoffer

Power attracts the corruptible. Suspect all who seek it ... We should grant power over our affairs only to those who are reluctant to…

— Frank Herbert

Power, safely defied, touches its downfall.

— Thomas B. Macaulay

Excessive power sees power beyond its power

— Seneca

Power is the ability to make change.

— Geneva Overholser

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

— Aung San Suu Kyi