Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
quote by William Pitt
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Philosophical Question
If power corrupts,
and absolute power
corrupts absolutely,
Then if a totally evil
Man comes to power
And is corrupted
Absolutely, will he
Become a saint?
poem by John Bliven Morin
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Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
quote by Lord Acton
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With All That Is Given
To be released from a bondage,
With an ability to 'see'...
Is a blessing The Creator gives,
That frees one's mind to perceive...
Unlimited possibilities.
There's not a species of life,
Like that of another.
And even with bestowed similarities...
Each has its uniqueness,
With a specific identity.
And it seems that human beings,
With 'our' intelligence...
Subject ourselves,
To a stagnating ignorance.
And conform we do to deceptions too!
To be released from a bondage,
With an ability to 'see'...
Is a blessing The Creator gives,
That frees one's mind to perceive...
Unlimited possibilities.
And 'some' with all that is given...
Get stuck in a mindset,
That corrupts the progess of a process...
With a belief they can make it stay,
As if mankind has the power to be obeyed.
poem by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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A poet is unlimited.
Unlimited
I only wish that ordinary people had an unlimited capacity for doing harm; then they might have an unlimited power for doing good.
Politics Attracts A Certain Mind Set
governments are seldom
part of the solution
often part of the problem
politics attracts
a certain mind set
immoral values?
allegiance sold
to shifting highest
bidders made
all power corrupts
absolute power
absolutely corrupts
might proves
who is strongest
not who is right
when will contemporary
twenty-first century
politicians prove quality
take high moral ground
on serious global political issues
partisan policy neglected?
poem by Terence George Craddock
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It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible. The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
quote by David Brin
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
quote by John Acton
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
quote by John Lehman
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
quote by John Lehman
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.
quote by John Lehman
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Power is always dangerous. Power attracts the worst and corrupts the best.
quote by Edward Abbey
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In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes.
quote by John Kenneth Galbraith
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton in letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton (3 April 1887)
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Sonnet: Power Corrupts
How change of chairs makes human beings queer!
That power corrupts minds is truly true;
No lion can ever become a deer;
Nor can any elephant like cows moo.
How men in power behave so different!
Power alone cannot command respect;
How men settle old scores with mind so bent!
The Power-Bug can any man infect.
And very soon misuse of power begins,
The man his doom in much unconceived of ways;
Unless level-headed, be they earthlings,
Prematurely, ill-fated end their days.
The humble man in power stays for long,
Desisting all his life from doing wrong.
poem by John Celes
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All power corrupts, but we need the electricity.
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of his existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
quote by John F. Kennedy
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When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
quote by John F. Kennedy
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