43 result(s) for Power Corrupts Quotes.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."
"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter."
"It is not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the powerful corrupts those who are subject to it."
"Power is a drug. Those who have tasted it, crave it."
"All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that, from the people, and for the people, all springs, and all must exist."
"Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun."
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"Power is never a reliable advisor."
"The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the prompt reminder of an ever-present and not always considerate public opinion."
"With great power comes great responsibility."
"Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps fear of a loss of power."
"The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge in excess caused man to fall."
"Every man is dangerous to himself, in proportion to the greatness of his power, or to the smallness of his knowledge."
"Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it."
"I am not ambitious, unless it be for more authority."
"The lust of power is not so active, but it is far more constant."
"The more power a man has, the less is he willing to listen to good advice."
"Power is a test. It shows what a person is made of."
"Power is like being a lady; if you have to tell people you are, you aren't."
"Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and it never will."
"Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love. Power based on love is a thousand times more effective and permanent then the one derived from fear of punishment."
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"Power is not an institution; nor a structure; neither is it a certain strength we are endowed with; it is the name that one attributes to a complex strategical situation in a particular society."
"It's a dangerous thing when you start believing your own hype."
"Where there is power, there is resistance."
"Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power."
"I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office."
"Power is like being tall and standing in a crowd; you see everything before anyone else but you're also the first one to be shot at."
"The best of men cannot suspend their own judgment in favor of the community without sometimes neglecting the community in favor of themselves."
"It is not power that corrupts, but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it, and fear of the powerful corrupts those who are subject to it."
"Power is a drug. Those who have tasted it, want more."
"All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people, all springs, and all must exist."
"The lust for power, when it cannot be satiated, leads to the ruin of those who are driven by it."
"Those who seek power are least suited to hold it."
"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
"The more power a man has, the less is he tempted to abuse it."
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"The intoxication of power rapidly sobers off in the knowledge of its restrictions and under the constriction of its many responsibilities."
"For the sole end for which mankind are warranted, individually or collectively, in interfering with the liberty of action of any of their number, is self-protection."
"Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak."
"There is no crueler tyranny than that which is perpetuated under the shield of law and in the name of justice."
"The abuse of power, when it exists, is not the result of applying the principles on which the government is framed but of neglecting to apply them."
"Knowledge is power."
"Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac."
"It's a dangerous thing, power. It corrupts."
