J. William Fulbright Quotes

Power is always a corrupting influence.

One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

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.

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

Suspect power more than vice.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

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

Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

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

Power intoxicates men. It is never voluntarily surrendered. It must be taken from them.

The Arrogance of Power

Power corrupts the few, while weakness corrupts the many.

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

Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesize and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

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

A man in power, once becoming obnoxious, his acts, good or bad, will work out his ruin.

Power and position often make a man trifle with the truth.

Power without abuse loses its charm.

Authority poisons everybody who takes authority on himself.

A good deal of tyranny goes by the name of protection.

Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.

The least one can say of power is that a vocation for it is suspicious.

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

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