There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite.
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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
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There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics I refer to the infinite.
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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.
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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to the corruptable. Such people have a tendency to become drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted.
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Power corrupts ... when the weak band together in order to ruin the strong, but not before. The will to power ... far from being a characteris...
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Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importance of the position increases.
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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.
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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 his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
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Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts, perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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I do nothing but go about persuading you all, old and young alike, not to take thought for your persons or your properties, but and chiefly to care about the greatest improvement of the soul. I tell you that virtue is not given by money, but that from virtue comes money and every other good of man, public as well as private. This is my teaching, and if this is the doctrine which corrupts the youth, I am a mischievous person.
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Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from the sense of their inadequacy and impotence. They hate not wickedness but weakness. When it is in their power to do so, the weak destroy weakness wherever they see it.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad man.
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If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat
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Flattery corrupts both the receiver and the giver.
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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.
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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.
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Too much liberty corrupts us all.
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All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
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Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the w...
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Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with it more than is becoming, it corrupts them.
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Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.
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