Glenn Greenwald Quotes

Nothing is quite so wretchedly corrupt as an aristocracy which has lost its power but kept its wealth

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.

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

Powerlessness corrupts: absolute powerlessness corrupts absolutely

I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature, and that power whether vested in many or few is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, 'Give, give.'

What the proprietorship of these papers is aiming at is power, and power without responsibility—the prerogative of the harlot throughout the ages.

The power structure does what they want, when they want; then they try to find reasons to justify it

This case serves as an appalling reminder of the evils that result when large numbers of the politically powerless are placed at the mercy of institutions engendered and controlled by a politically powerful few.

Power is every stealing from the many to the few.

Clever tyrants are never punished.

No pen can give an adequate description of the all-pervading corruption produced by slavery.

We have a circle of corruption and impunity that is too strong.

Power is always a corrupting influence.

The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.

Power is dangerous for those who do not have it.

We should submit to careful examination and review a system which places such vast powers for evil in the hands of irresponsible individuals and which makes the possession of land not a trust but a means of extortion and exaction.

they have clubbed us off the streets they are stronger they are rich they hire and fire the politicians the newspaper editors the old judges...they hire the men with guns the uniforms the police cars the patrol wagons

There is no more contemptible poison than power over one's fellow men.

It is to be regretted that the rich and powerful too often bend the acts of government to their selfish purposes.

Power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will be ever liable to abuse.

The Court is corrupt: The fields are overgrown with weeds; the granaries are empty. Yet there are those dressed in fineries, With swords at their sides: Filled with food and drink, Possessed of too much wealth. This is called "Taking the lead in robbery.

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

Absolute power should never be trusted to man. It has perverted the wisest heads, and corrupted the best hearts in the world. I should be afraid to commit my property, liberty and life to a body of angels for one whole year.

The loggers are more powerful than we are …. There is bribery everywhere.