“It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that weakness, too, corrupts. Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. Hatred, malice, rudeness, intolerance, and suspicion are the faults of weakness. The resentment of the weak does not spring from any injustice done to them but from their sense of inadequacy and impotence. We cannot win the weak by sharing our wealth with them. They feel our generosity as oppression.”

“Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.”

“Rudeness is the weak man's imitation of strength.”

“Rudeness is a weak persons imitation of strength.”

“The weakness of a soul is proportionate to the number of truths that must be kept from it.”

“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.”

“It is supposed that power corrupts," the caterpillar said in a voice as untroubled as time itself. "Yet the powerful are often corrupt before they are powerful. In fact, I find that they too often become powerful by being corrupt. Whether real or perceived, a lack of power can also corrupt.”