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

— Harry Shearer

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

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. ↗

— William Pitt

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Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners. ↗

— Benjamin Banneker

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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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There cannot be peaceful coexistence in the ideological realm. Peaceful coexistence corrupts. ↗

— Jiang Qing

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

— John Adams

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— John Acton

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Lord Acton

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