It is not power that corrupts but fear. Fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it. Aung San Suu Kyi, “Freedom from Fear”
“Resist much, obey little.” Walt Whitman
In no other country in the world is the love of property keener or more alert than in the United States, and nowhere else does the majority display less inclination toward doctrines which in any way threaten the way property is owned. Alexis De Tocqueville, Democracy in America
Power does not corrupt. But power is an addictive aphrodisiac to those who are easily corrupted. Thus power invariably draws those who are quickly and easily corrupted.