“Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of 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.”
“It is not power that corrupts but fear.”
“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.”
“Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.”
“Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”