Corrupts Quotes

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

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.

Racism springs from the lie that certain human beings are less than fully human. It's a self-centered falsehood that corrupts our minds into believing we are right to treat others as we would not want to be treated.

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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.

One concept corrupts and confuses the others. I am not speaking of the Evil whose limited sphere is ethics; I am speaking of the infinite.

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.

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Many original occupiers believe the political system has become so corrupt that even participating in it, engaging with it, corrupts the movement. I understand what they are saying. But often, change does come more quickly from the inside rather than the outside. My advice: try both. But don't try violence.

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

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.

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

Evil communication corrupts good manners. I hope to live to hear that good communication corrects bad manners.

To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. All those experiments have a bad ending.

Too many terms corrupts politicians so they only want to be reelected.

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

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

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.

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.

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Bad company corrupts good character.

The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.

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

Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.