I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
UNKNOWN

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
LORD (JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG) ACTON Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON Power - Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. But it rocks absolutely, too.
LARRY KERSTEN Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON Absolute power corrupts absolutely
JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG-ACTON Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General...
EDWARD BROOKE Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
JOHN ACTON

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
LORD ACTON

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
LORD ACTON Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON

Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.
ERIC HOFFER Acton's Law: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
PAUL DICKSON

To assume all the powers is not good for anybody. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolut...
RAFAEL CORREA

Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely.
ADLAI STEVENSON The phrase 'Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely' only exists to discourage good peopl...
NICK KINSELLA If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?
GEORGE DEACON If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
HARRY SHEARER If absolute power corrupts absolutely,
does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
HARRY SHEARER

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
DAVID LETTERMAN Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
JOHN F. LEHMAN, JR. And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with th...
JOHN EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
EDMUND WILSON

It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of...
AUNG SAN SUU KYI We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I b...
ROBERT CARO

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.
ERIC HOFFER

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The...
DAVID BRIN

I don't actually subscribe to the view that all power corrupts. But absolute power - when secure...
CHARLES KENNEDY

It has often been said that power corrupts. But it is perhaps equally important to realize that wea...
ERIC HOFFER

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible....
DAVID BRIN

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
WILLIAM PITT Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
WILLIAM PITT THE YOUNGER

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
H. JACKSON BROWN, JR.

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
DOUGLAS ADAMS

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
BERTOLT BRECHT

Power corrupts. Knowledge is power. Study hard. Be evil.
SAMUEL JOHNSON

Knowledge is power, power corrupts. Study hard, be evil.
ANONYMOUS

It is not power that corrupts but fear.
AUNG SAN SUU KYI I don't believe power corrupts you. I believe power shows the real you.
ADNAN BAHATTI

In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.
JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH

Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
EDWARD ABBEY

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
JOHN STEINBECK

All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
UNKNOWN He always says that those who control the present can rewrite the past.
ANNE FORTIER They are heroes because they protect us, you know? They go in where people are in danger, and they s...
DAVID BLANKENHORN

How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me
MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE

Too much liberty corrupts us all.
TERENCE

Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees him...
ERIC HOFFER

All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not tha...
FRANK HERBERT All weakness tends to corrupt, and impotence corrupts absolutely.
EDGAR Z. FREIDENBERG

I strongly believe that the Founding Fathers of our country got it right: power corrupts, and any ti...
DEAN ORNISH The English king's power was curbed by Parliament, though that wasn't always a good thing, a...
KAREN MAITLAND

When power narrows the areas of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of h...
JOHN F. KENNEDY

Animals have done us no harm and they have no power of resistance. There is something so very dreadf...
JOHN HENRY NEWMAN

There are terrible jerks, and there are an unusually large concentration of them in the workplace. A...
SRIKUMAR RAO

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many. The resentment of the weak does not spring...
ERIC HOFFER

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came t...
PHILIP PULLMAN

Men protect things they find important," Galladon said with a shrug. "If you object, you shouldn't h...
BRANDON SANDERSON

Philosophy is an elegant thing, if anyone modestly meddles with it; but if they are conversant with ...
PLATO It's said that 'power corrupts', but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. Th...
DAVID BRIN - THE POSTMAN

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the importan...
JOHN ADAMS It's going to be a good challenge for us to play against them. I think our guys are all of the opini...
FLIP SAUNDERS

No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ult...
JOHN CONNOLLY

No matter where you go - there you are
CONFUCIUS

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film e...
ELIA KAZAN None of us knew what to expect but there was absolutely no pressure. It was incredibly fun and easy ...
GERALD EATON It's said that 'power corrupts', but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. Th...
Power kills, absolute power kills absolutely.
RUDOLPH RUMMEL I still think the year is going to end up down for us, as it will for the overall industry. There ar...
JOE GALANTE What then? are we better than they? No, in no wise: for we have before proved both Jews and Gentiles...
BIBLE Take me to the height where success would seek my help to succeed!
I ARE None of us knew what this power plant looked like. We had no schematic drawing.
WILLIAM SCRANTON To surrender our control is to become vulnerable to pain, but within that vulnerability there is pow...
LEIF ERICSSON LEO VENESS

Because power corrupts, society's demands for moral authority and character increase as the impo...
JOHN ADAMS

There is no Them. There are only facets of Us.
JOHN GREEN

While physics and mathematics may tell us how the universe began, they are not much use in predictin...
STEPHEN HAWKING Demand is there. Buyers are coming to us faster than we are getting to them.
FLAVIO SALDANHA

There is simply no limitation on the realistic power of the U.N. over us.
G. EDWARD GRIFFIN

Torture produces unreliable evidence and therefore doesn't achieve and protect anybody. Torture ...
CHERIE BLAIR

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows th...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY People don't seem to understand that the separation of powers is not about the power of these br...
JONATHAN TURLEY

It is true that power corrupts. The hope at the polling stations and the actions of the elected repr...
TSAKHIAGIIN ELBEGDORJ We must find within us a happiness with ourselves which no one else can disturb. Otherwise we give t...
ALEKSANDRA LAYLAND

No one is any better than you, but you are no better than anyone else until you do something to prov...
DONALD LAIRD

There is absolutely no greater high than challenging the power structure as a nobody, giving it your...
ABBIE HOFFMAN

Let no one ever intimidate you, you are standing on no one's ground. But again, some have claimed th...
BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA

There was no doubt now in Ender's mind. There was no help for him. Whatever he faced, now and foreve...
ORSON SCOTT CARD

When power leads man towards arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows th...
JOHN F. KENNEDY

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the...
JOHN FITZGERALD KENNEDY There is no way we are going to let this team think that it is bigger and better than anyone else. W...
CURTIS SUMPTER There is no greater power than that of a laugh and happiness is a force which can save a person from...
HILLARY DEPIANO I think all of us want to support this, but there are absolutely no compelling reasons out there to ...
BOB MEYERS With the new hurricane coming, we asked them to contact us if they do have anyone staying there so t...
CHARLA BAKER

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the...
JOHN F. KENNEDY

Wherever you are, be all there.
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BRANDON SANDERSON Strength does not make one capable of rule; it makes one capable of service.
BRANDON SANDERSON Somebody has to start. Somebody has to step forward and do what is right, because it is right.
BRANDON SANDERSON And so, does the destination matter? Or is it the path we take? I declare that no accomplishment has...
BRANDON SANDERSON Can you feel it? Something just changed. I believe that’s the sound the world makes when it pisses...
BRANDON SANDERSON Of all the recruits in his cohort, he had learned the quickest. How to hold the spear, how to stand ...
BRANDON SANDERSON An excuse is what you make after the deed is done, while a justification is what you offer before.
BRANDON SANDERSON I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to lo...
BRANDON SANDERSON In the end, I must proclaim that no good can be achieved of false means. For the substance of our ex...
BRANDON SANDERSON If I should die,” Dalinar said, “then I would do so having lived my life right. It is not the de...
BRANDON SANDERSON Overcome your guilt. Care, but not too much. Take responsibility, but don't blame yourself. Protect,...
BRANDON SANDERSON There are two kinds of people in this world, son. Those who save lives, and those who take lives." BRANDON SANDERSON Brightness...I believe you stray into sarcasm."

"Funny.I thought I'd run straight into it...
BRANDON SANDERSON ...Do you stop loving someone just because they betray you? I don't think so. That's what makes the ...
BRANDON SANDERSON I told him that you were simply showing me the ways of court. Kind of like an…older brother.” BRANDON SANDERSON We got there without being spotted. I pulled her in, then shut the door, pressing my back to it and ...
BRANDON SANDERSON The right belief is like a good cloak, I think. If it fits you well, it keeps you warm and safe. The...
BRANDON SANDERSON Sometimes Vin imagined she was like the ash, or the wind, or the mist itself. A thing without though...
BRANDON SANDERSON Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other peo...
BRANDON SANDERSON I died down at that chasm. Now you’ve got my vengeful spirit to deal with.
BRANDON SANDERSON We're not moments, Megan, you and me. We're events. You say you might not be the same person you wer...
BRANDON SANDERSON She slumped toward the ground, but I grabbed her and heaved her onto my shoulder, then ran down the ...
BRANDON SANDERSON In fact, the entire nature of this State seemed to highlight that political power was just an illusi...
BRANDON SANDERSON Back in my State, I'm very close to being able to control the weather. I'll be all-powerful, once I'...
BRANDON SANDERSON I’m good at doing things I’m not supposed to,” she said, then kicked the door open.
BRANDON SANDERSON XinWey’s Doctrine states that the most essential morality of mankind is to create the greatest ...
BRANDON SANDERSON Well, best to remain vigilant. It’s when everything is calm that you need to be most alert.
BRANDON SANDERSON On the three-hundredth anniversary of my birth, I finally managed to conquer the world.
BRANDON SANDERSON Actually, [Wax] said, we came here because we needed someplace safe to think for a few hours."
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I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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I know, better than anyone else, that there are no heroes coming to save us. There are no good Epics. None of them protect us. Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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