Quotes of: Power-corrupts Keyword

Women, it is said, possess corresponding power. Through consciousness-raising, women found that women's so-called power was the other side of female powerlessness. A women's supposed power to deny sex is the underside of her actual lack of power to s...

Catharine A. MacKinnon

To an atheist all writings tend to atheism: he corrupts the most innocent matter with his own venom.

The Complete Essays

I'm about to cross a line with you...a line there will be no hope of me ever returning from. And I'm terrified because the thought of you excites me.

Corruption of the Soul

When the corruption seems to go all the way to the end of the world, the only good approach is through the front door with a gun in each hand.

Deadline

There is a concept which corrupts and upsets all others. I refer not to Evil, whose limited realm is that of ethics; I refer to the infinite.

Discusión

There's probably no one so easily bribed, but he lacks even the fundamental honesty of honorable corruption. He doesn't stay bribed; not for any sum.

Foundation and Empire

Even the incorruptible are corruptible if they cannot accept the possibility of being mistaken. Infallibility is a sin in any man. All laws can be broken and are. Often.

Between the Bridge and the River

Children also have artistic ability, and there is wisdom in there having it! The more helpless they are, the more instructive are the examples they furnish us; and they must be preserved free of corruption from an early age.

Paul Klee

I serve the people. Am I a politician? No, I’m just a greedy and corrupt waiter.

99 Cents For Some Nonsense

The humble sinner will sometimes be interpreted as one of the filthiest in the eyes of man yet immersed in the eyes of God, and this is due to the volition of honesty regarding his own corruption.

Killosophy

Protesting is never a disturbance of the peace. Corruption, injustice, war and intimidation are disturbances of the peace.

Simple Reminders: Inspiration for Living Your Best Life

The corruption of religious leaders, who were expected to be the source of spiritual force and regeneration, is the last step in the of decay of a community.

Major Themes of the Qur'an

Heaven doesn't only teach humans about virtue and divinity. It also shows us about politics and corruption; and that's a fact.

Master of Stupidity

For though your mind is active enough, your heart is darkened with corruption, and without a pure heart there can be no full or genuine sensibility.

Notes from Underground

The blood of my motherland waters a magic plant that cures all ills. That plant is art, and sometimes art needs corruption as a kind of fertilizer

Lorenzaccio

The bedrock of corruption is the attitude of selfishness. Nations are ruined when politicians think for themselves first before thinking about anyone else!

Leaders' Watchwords

Trees are corrupting our parks. They should be arrested for loitering. For deciduous trees, add littering and indecent exposure to that list of offenses.

Some Inspiration for the Overenthusiastic

Even if I worked in the corruption capital of the world, Washington DC, I wouldn’t be a whistleblower. I’m more into flutes.

Seriously delirious, but not at all serious

Scoundrels will be corrupt and unconcerned citizens apathetic under even the best constitution.

Texas Politics Today, 2011-2012 Edition

Those who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming. This is a fault.

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The many are more incorruptible than the few; they are like the greater quantity of water which is less easily corrupted than a little.

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