Absolute Power Corrupts Quotes

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton

Power, Corrupts, Absolute

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton

Power, Corrupt, Corrupts

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
John Acton

Power, Corrupt, Corrupts

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 it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.
Robert Caro

Power, True, Lord

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

Good, Power, Bad

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

Power, Pure, Corrupts

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