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The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it. ↗

— Joshua Reynolds

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

— Harry Shearer

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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. ↗

— Aung San Suu Kyi

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Many original occupiers believe the political system has become so corrupt that even participating in it, engaging with it, corrupts the movement. I understand what they are saying. But often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. My advice: try both. But don't try violence. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

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One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Edmund Wilson

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

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought. ↗

— George Orwell

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Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. ↗

— William Pitt

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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. ↗

— John F. Kennedy

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