John SteinbeckPower does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power.
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Power does not corrupt. Fear corrupts... perhaps the fear of a loss of power. The thing that is certain is that power corrupts absolutely.
It changes into malice, which is another word for evil. If anyone thinks power cannot corrupt, he had better think again. Nearly all those who are now in high places started there by being corrupt.
They knew how to use power to get there, but once they got it, they did not know how to keep it. They gave up the way of truth and honor, and became what seemed an inevitable part of the new order - crooks.
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