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.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.
Power is always a corrupting influence.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.