Sentences with phrase «saying power corrupts»

The old saying power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely was meant for the church.

They say power corrupts.

Not exact matches

A Saudi - led coalition is fighting to counter the influence of Iran, an ally of the Houthi militia, who deny any help from Tehran and say they are fighting a revolution against corrupt politicians and Gulf powers in thrall to the West.

Now, that could be because they are corrupt - or it could be because they are on the wrong side of a power struggle,» said Lesperance.

In the same way power is said to corrupt, perhaps power can also be connected to compulsion.

Because the founders said, «We don't want anybody too power - hungry to get these positions because we know that power corrupts absolutely.»

It has to do with why we say that power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Its experience of the extent to which human brutality can go, of the fury that can be unleashed when the human animal is attacked, its acceptance in wry cynicism of the venality of great and small; its acceptance, too, of a psychological analysis that tends to show how slight the power of reason, how great the strength of obscure passions; how corrupting of children the possible love of mothers and the wrath of fathers; its portrayal of men and mankind in bitterly disillusioned novels and in shuddering chronicles of man's inhumanity to man — in all this the 20th century has perhaps gone beyond anything that Edwards said in dispraise of men, individually and in the collective.

You say power will corrupt anything.

We say only that there can be growth in the discernment of what it is that corrupts and in the power to meet temptation.

Man, the creation story says, has capacities and powers which raise him far above the rest of creation and make him capable of fellowship and of conscious cooperation with his Creator; but, says the story of the fall, not only is he actually falling short of the glory of God for which he was created, but his very spiritual capacities have been corrupted and perverted, so that whereas on the one hand he is infinitely above the beasts, on the other he is infinitely beneath them.

They say sole power corrupts absolutely, just like you rightly said it's time for a change.

What did they say about absolute power corrupting absolutely?

Remember, where Wenger is concerned, the true saying that «power corrupts but absolute power corrupts absolutely.»

You say «I don't like the manager» BUT i hope you realize its nothing personal I have a big respect for wenger so its nothing personal its just that I think that too much power corrupts, history has proven that already so I don't have to Wenger has too much power at Arsenal and I think and this is my view he as abused it badly BUT that another story all together.

Unfortunately, it is the nature of power to corrupt, which often leads to abuse of said power.

«This scandal proves once again that absolute power corrupts absolutely, and makes the best case for having checks and balances in state government,» Skelos said in a press release.

Powell, whose father was unseated by Rangel in 1971, said the congressman has lost his power and supporters in Washington, and now represented the corrupting power of money in politics.

«My common sense proposal would help ensure that voters are given great power in kicking corrupt officials out of office,» said Gaughran, who is challenging Sen. Carl Marcellino (R - Syosset).

But supporters of the amendment say while the amendment may not be perfect, it's the one chance to end a corrupt process that has led to all sorts of bizarrely misshapen districts, drawn to help incumbent lawmakers win re election, and to keep majority parties in power.

I wrote, said and issued videos on this subject to defend the Constitution against abuse and subversion by a corrupt and looting Government of the national purse, in order to prevent its return to power.

Nassau District Attorney Madeline Singas, whose office filed briefs arguing to uphold the convictions, said Thursday that «instead of revitalizing the New Cassel community, these corrupt officials used their positions of power to line their own pockets.

«It is always a dangerous cocktail when some corrupt elements in power decide to side with private interests outside government, using the rule of law as a ruse, to muscle sincere efforts to tackle corruption,» Ribadu said.

To have said that the powers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to prosecute alleged corrupt people should be withdrawn, the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Abubakar Mahmoud, appears to miss the point.

Power really does corrupt — research shows that being boss changes our brains, says Ian Robertson

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As the saying goes, «Absolute power corrupts absolutely.»

Writing in the Post in 2013, Ellsberg said: «One lesson of the Pentagon Papers and Snowden's leaks is simple: secrecy corrupts, just as power corrupts.»

Now, take a world that is monitored 24/7 and give this enormous power to the corrupt, and what you get is anything but ideal... to say the least.

It's said that «Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely» and this is all too true in DetPower tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely» and this is all too true in Detpower corrupts absolutely» and this is all too true in Detroit.

It's said that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Because this process has been corrupted by the money and power of Big Oil since the beginning,» said John Sellers