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Corrupt Power Quotes

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

It is not power that corrupts but fear.

Aung San Suu Kyi (1991). “Freedom from fear: and other writings”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

Whoever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible.

George Orwell, Ian Angus, Sheila Davison (1998). “The Complete Works of George Orwell: Smothered under journalism, 1946”

Great men are almost always bad men.

1887 Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 3 Apr.

Power doesn't always corrupt. Power can cleanse. What I believe is always true about power is that power always reveals.

"Robert Caro: a life with LBJ and the pursuit of power" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 2012.