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  • Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

  • Crime is contagious....if the government becomes a lawbreaker, it breeds contempt for the law.

    War   Government   Law  
    Olmstead v. United States (dissenting opinion) (1928)
  • Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

  • The fight for justice against corruption is never easy. It never has been and never will be. It exacts a toll on our self, our families, our friends, and especially our children. In the end, I believe, as in my case, the price we pay is well worth holding on to our dignity.

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

    "The United States". New York magazine, November 15, 1971.
  • Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

    "Robert Caro: a life with LBJ and the pursuit of power" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2012.
  • Many of the greatest tyrants on the records of history have begun their reigns in the fairest manner. But the truth is, this unnatural power corrupts both the heart and the understanding.

    Edmund Burke (1858). “The Inherent Evils of All State Governments Demonstrated; Being a Reprint of ... “A Vindication of Natural Society.” With Notes and an Appendix, Etc”, p.19
  • The will to power, as the modern age from Hobbes to Nietzsche understood it, far from being a characteristic of the strong, is, like envy and greed, among the vices of the weak, and possibly even their most dangerous one. Power corrupts indeed when the weak band together in order to ruin the strong, but not before.

    Strong   Order   Envy  
  • Power doesn't corrupt people; people corrupt power.

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

    "I’ll Vote for That" by Katharine Rose, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 22, 2015.
  • This book will prove the following ten facts: 1. A Goon is a being who melts into the foreground and sticks there. 2. Pigs have wings, making them hard to catch. 3. All power corrupts, but we need electricity. 4. When an irresistible force meets an immovable object, the result is a family fight. 5. Music does not always sooth the troubled beast. 6. An Englishman's home is his castle. 7. The female of the species is more deadly than the male. 8. One black eye deserves another. 9. Space is the final frontier, and so is the sewage farm. 10. It pays to increase your word power.

    Book   Home   Eye  
  • The culture of death is imposed by economic and political interests, the arrogance of power, corruption. I blame the first world for having taken our riches for so many years. I am speaking of the superpowers that dominate the life of the world. More concretely, the World Bank, the IMF. Those that have caused and tolerated the death of our people, those responsible for the plundering of the third world. Silence is also part of repression.

    Taken   Years   People  
    Source: www.indians.org
  • Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.

  • The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power structures and these power structures tend to be taken over by people who are corruptible. I don't think that the old saw about 'power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely' is accurate: I think power attracts the corruptible.

  • Now more than ever the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it is because the people tolerate ignorance, recklessness, and corruption.

    Garfield, James A. (1882). “The works of James Abram Garfield. Volume 2”, p.486, Best Books on
  • Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

  • Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  • Power corrupts. If the Church is given too much power, it will become corrupted. So to keep the Church in line with the teachings of Christ, we must make sure that it can never have temporal power. Religion has its place and politics has its own. These two should not be mixed together or the result would be catastrophic.

    Teaching   Two   Church  
    Source: myislam.dk
  • A small amount of power corrupts a small man absolutely. A little knowledge is dangerous to a little man. To a great man only great knowledge is dangerous.

  • Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.

    Eric Hoffer (1982). “Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer”, HarperCollins Publishers
  • 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.

    Patriotic   Power   Men  
    Remarks upon receiving an honorary degree from Amherst College, Amherst, Mass., 26 Oct. 1963
  • Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

    Work   Power   Weakness  
    Eric Hoffer (1996). “The Passionate State of Mind”
  • A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

    Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.17, RosettaBooks
  • Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

    Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 3 April 1887, in Louise Creighton 'Life and Letters of Mandell Creighton' (1904) vol. 1, ch. 13.
  • Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

    Letter to Nathaniel Macon, 1821.
  • There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

    David A. Durfee, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, United States. President (1841-1845 : Tyler) (1970). “William Henry Harrison, 1773-1841: John Tyler, 1790-1862; chronology, documents, bibliographical aids”, Oceana Pubns
  • If power corrupts, the reverse is also true; persecution corrupts the victims though perhaps in subtler and more tragic ways.

    Arthur Koestler, Harold Harris (1975). “Astride the two cultures: Arthur Koestler at 70”, Not Avail
  • Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.

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

    "Clint Eastwood, Leonardo DiCaprio Interview, J Edgar". www.moviesonline.ca.
  • Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

    Power   Anarchy   Worst  
    Edward Abbey (2015). “A Voice Crying in the Wilderness”, p.21, RosettaBooks
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