John Jay Chapman Quotes

Power is always a corrupting influence.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.

Resist the temptation to exploit power for personal or group interests.

Power is always dangerous. It attracts the worst and corrupts the best..

Politics is so corrupt that even the dishonest people get fucked.

And you know, almost in a perverse way, I wish it had been undue influence because we know how to correct that. We get rid of the people who, in fact, were exercising that.

I think it's very easy to get corrupted.

For there is no defense for a man who, in the excess of his wealth, has kicked the great altar of Justice out of sight.

As long as dishonorable success outranks honest effort—as long as society bows and cringes before the great thieves, there will be little ones enough to fill the jails.

The first sign of corruption in a society ... is that the ends justify the means.

If you do not know how to lie, cheat and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

We have a cancer within, close to the Presidency, that is growing. It is growing daily.

He that buyeth Magistracy, must sell justice.

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

Power without responsibility, the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

It takes two to corrupt – the corrupted and the corrupter.

For his own sordid ends The pulpit he ascends

Passion, prejudice, and error, are characteristics of human nature ….. Literary talents may be prostituted, and the powers of genius debased to subserve the purposes of ambition or avarice.

My three years in politics was very instructive about the way in which the appetite for political power can destroy a human mind, destroy principles and values, and transform people into little monsters.

As a young man, you're dazzled by the power of the White House and all that. But power tends to corrupt.

Evil is evil, and it doesn't discriminate by dress. Some evil people in the headlines wear designer suits and wing-tipped shoes.

For this is the true strength of guilty kings, When they corrupt the souls of those they rule.

Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.

Anybody who doesn't know that politics is crime has got a few screws loose.