Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
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.
In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
