Famous quotes containing the words power and/or corrupts:
“There is assuredly no more effectual method of clearing up one’s own mind on any subject than by talking it over, so to speak, with men of real power and grasp, who have considered it from a totally different point of view.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–95)
“Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.”
—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)