Power Corrupts Quotes

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
John F. Kennedy

Power, Poetry, Him

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

Power, Society, Character

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

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.
Aung San Suu Kyi

Power, Fear, Losing

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

Power, Though, United

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 than power.
David Brin

Power, True, Said

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

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

Power, Political, Thinking

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

Power, Pure, Corrupts

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
William Pitt

Power, Corrupts, Unlimited

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

Power, Corrupts, Neat

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