Power Corrupts Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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.