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