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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts ... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. — John Steinbeck

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. — John Kenneth Galbraith

The most awful thing about power is not that it corrupts absolutely but that it makes people so utterly boring, so predictable. — Chinua Achebe

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. — Eric Hoffer

Power dements even more than it corrupts, lowering the guard of foresight and raising the haste of action. — Will Durant

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. — John F. Lehman Jr.

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely. — Adlai Stevenson I

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best. — Edward Abbey

If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways. — Arthur Koestler

Power corrupts the best of men.
Power destroys the worst of men.
Corrupt nations end up in turmoil.
Corrupt rulers end up in Hell. — Matshona Dhliwayo

But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. — George Orwell

On the throne of the world, any delusion can become fact. — Gore Vidal

Too much power is never a good thing. It corrupts even the strongest. — Lara Adrian

Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret. — Daniel Schorr

If knowledge is power and power corrupt, does knowledge corrupt? — James Moore

All power corrupts, but we need electricity — Diana Wynne Jones

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood. — Elia Kazan

If all power corrupts, then a doctor, who literally holds life and death in his hands, must be at particular risk. — P.D. James

They ordered the extermination
of all minds they couldn't control — Tupac Shakur

Power corrupts on an equal-opportunity basis. — Jacqueline Novogratz

Knowledge is power, power corrupts. Study hard, be evil. — Anonymous

power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutley — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Knowledge is a dangerous thing. But ignorance is no protection. — Masha Du Toit

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. — John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

I no longer give Power Point presentations, because I've come to believe that power corrupts, and Power Point corrupts absolutely. — Vinton Cerf

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases. — John Adams

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

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely

from Steelheart (Reckoners #1)
by Brandon Sanderson — Brandon Sanderson

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. — William Pitt

It ain't power that corrupts, it's the changes you put your head through getting it. — Norman Spinrad

If absolute power corrupts absolutely,
does absolute powerlessness make you pure? — Harry Shearer

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. — Eric Hoffer

To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending. — Rafael Correa

If power corrupts, weakness in the seat of power, with its constant necessity of deals and bribes and compromising arrangements,corrupts even more. — Barbara Tuchman

With people in high office, the old - you go into the extreme, which is absolute power and absolute power corrupts. — Clint Eastwood

The enjoyment of power inevitably corrupts the judgment of reason, and perverts its liberty. — Immanuel Kant

He always says that those who control the present can rewrite the past. — Anne Fortier

unchecked power corrupts. — Edward Gibbon

All power corrupts but some must govern. — John Le Carre

Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely. — Ted Nelson