“All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.”
“When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.”
“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutley”
“It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.”
“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.”