Jacqueline Novogratz Quotes

Power is always a corrupting influence.

But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go.

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

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

Power without abuse loses its charm.

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

I believe the root of all evil is abuse of power.

Power is what men seek and any group that gets it will abuse it.

There are two things that interest me - and they're both power, ultimately. One is not having it and one is abusing it.

Power is like a drug. The more you use it, the larger doses you need.

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

Powerlessness also corrupts.

Experience constantly proves that every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.

… the tools of despotism and corruption

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

Corruption is just another form of tyranny.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Every one, more or less, loves Power, yet those who most wish for it are seldom the fittest to be trusted with it.

Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.

If you know someone's secret, what power does that give you? How much power does that really give you? What can you do with secrets?

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.