Ludwig von Mises Quotes

However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.

It's said that 'power corrupts', but actually it's more true that power attracts the corruptible.

So easily do weak men put in high positions turn villains

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

It was not power that corrupted people, but fools who corrupted power.

I have always been fascinated by the corruption of power.

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.

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

The power to investigate and prosecute is the power to destroy.

Power corrupts; but absolute power is really neat.

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

The most powerful person can wind up in jail.

If you have to abuse your power, you're probably in the process of losing it.

You can't trust anybody with power.

No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority.

Who will protect the public when the police violate the law?

The American people do not begrudge anyone his or her power until they start abusing it.

I truly believe that all power corrupts. Such is probably the thinking behind every political film ever made in Hollywood.

Power is always a corrupting influence.

The truth is that all men having power ought to be mistrusted.

People abusing their power makes me see red.

There is an interesting interplay between power corrupting and corruption empowering. The causality does not go one way.

Criminal conduct by police officers, federal agents, and their confederates cannot be tolerated and will be met with the full force of the law.

Corruption is worse than prostitution. The latter might endanger the morals of an individual, the former invariably endangers the morals of the entire country.