I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
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.
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.
I used to look down on the world for being corrupt, but now I adore it for the utter magnificence of that corruption.
Power is always a corrupting influence.
There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way.
I'm fascinated by power, by those that can be publicly generous and privately ruthless.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
Power doesn't corrupt people, people corrupt power.
Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.