Power doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt power. William Gaddis

23Nov2008 In : Quotes
Author : Frédérick Jézégou

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Power doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt power.
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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. George Bernard Shaw
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton
For we put the power in the people. William Penn
Among a people generally corrupt, liberty cannot long exist. Edmund Burke
What is good? All that heightens the feeling of power, the will to power, power itself in man. Friedrich Nietzsche
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If a person has no delicacy, he has you in his power. William Hazlitt
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. William Pitt
The devil has the power to assume a pleasing shape. William Shakespeare
The greatness of a man’s power is the measure of his surrender. William Booth

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