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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat. ↗

— John F. Lehman, Jr.

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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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

— George Orwell

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

— Jiang Qing

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

— Elia Kazan

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Capitalism attacks and destroys all the finer sentiments of the human heart; it ruthlessly sweeps away old traditions and ideas opposed to its progress, and it exploits and corrupts those things once held sacred. ↗

— Daniel De Leon

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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds. ↗

— Sophocles

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

— Harry Shearer

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