Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

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

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.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

The communism of Karl Marx would probably be actually the best for everybody as a whole. But what he didn't figure into was human nature, and that's what corrupts it.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

The whole macho thing has to be reexamined. Because in my view, the Bush administration was weak, not strong. To engage in a policy of torture is a weak policy. Because ultimately, it encourages the terrorists. It undermines our own values. It corrupts our system. And it doesn't get good intelligence.

It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected representatives, unfortunately, often turn to be opposite. The power of ballot turns into the power of wallet. Some law-makers become law-breakers.

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

Bad company corrupts good character.

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.

If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?

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.

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

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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.

In the United States though power corrupts the expectation of power paralyzes.

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities this drives men from their homes this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.