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.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secured on the back of massive parliamentary majorities, which don't reflect the balance of political opinion in the country - can corrupt absolutely.
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt 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.
There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way.
Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
I think the corruption of power is very interesting, and I think the idea that power is something that... You know, when people want power, they're a certain individual. When people acquire power by accident, they're different again.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Power is always a corrupting influence.
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.