#power corrupts

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. ↗

— William Pitt

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

— John Kenneth Galbraith

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