quotes about Power Corrupts
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Power corrupts, and there is nothing more corrupting than power exercised in secret.
-- Daniel SchorrSource : 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
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
-- Eric Hoffer -
It is not that power corrupts but that power is a magnet to the corruptible.
-- Frank Herbert -
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God??
-- George DeaconSource : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
-- Harry Shearer -
If knowledge is power and power corrupt, does knowledge corrupt?
-- James Moore -
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 -
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Power corrupts, and obsolete power corrupts obsoletely.
-- Ted Nelson -
I no longer give Power Point presentations, because I've come to believe that power corrupts, and Power Point corrupts absolutely.
-- Vinton Cerf -
Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
-- Vinton Cerf -
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Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.
-- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham -
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.
-- Leonard J. V. Compagno -
Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
-- Adlai Stevenson I -
It's very hard to operate on a general philosophy of power. They say that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely, but I don't agree with that. I think you have to be corrupted to be corrupted by power.
-- Mark PellegrinoSource : Source: collider.com
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