#power corrupts

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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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. ↗

— David Brin

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

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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