Power Doesn't Corrupt Quotes

#1. Absolute power doesn't corrupt, but rather, reveals character.

Orrin Woodward

#2. Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.

William Gaddis

#3. Power doesn't corrupt. It's neutral. Someone always wants to corrupt power. It's the way a shotgun is not a deadly weapon until someone chooses to use it irrationally.

Steve Ditko

#4. Tears of tenderness and affection are no disparagement at all, even to great and wise men.

Matthew Henry

#5. The problem is that too often the only people who can act don't want change. Power doesn't so much corrupt as it breeds conservatism.

Jack McDevitt

#6. I act once in awhile if something comes up that seems fun. I like to do it - it's a lot of fun because there's no responsibility. You let other people have the headaches. The director has all of the headaches.

Rob Reiner

#7. The composition of our society has been changing. We [world] are becoming a more urban population. Mega-cities, those with more than 10 million residents, are booming.

Hari Sreenivasan

#8. We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I don't believe it's always true any more. Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

Robert Caro

#9. Sometimes doing your best is not good enough. Sometimes you must do what is required.

Winston S. Churchill

#10. The measure of a people is found in how it treats those who have sacrificed for its survival.

Luke Scull

#11. If I'm going on any trip, driving music is key. Road Hammers is good driving music. I don't mind listening to my own stuff. You record it for a certain reason. You fall in a love with a certain song at a certain time and how you record it is a labour of love. You better love it.

Jason McCoy

#12. I've got great joy from rediscovering Western music. I love Schumann and Chopin, and those amazing symphonies of Bruckner.

John Tavener