“Power’s tendency to corrupt is a function of the work it does in liberating man’s worse characteristics.”

“Absolute power does not corrupt absolutely, absolute power attracts the corruptible.”

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

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

“The drug trade does not function well with a strong state, or a healthy state. It tries to corrupt the police force, it tries to corrupt the judiciary, and the executive. And drug trafficking thrives in a weak state.”

“The ultimate tendency of liberalism is vegetarianism.”

“Does the functioning of the world economy tend to concentrate wealth and power, or does it tend to diffuse it?”

“No government functions without the grease of corruption.”

“Liberalism was a plant which did not thrive in stagnant waters, and the waters of London, to their shame be it spoken, were stagnant. Where there was a want of active zeal all the worse and baser instincts which had power in politics told against the Liberal party. (Cheers.) The money power was against the Liberal party, and so was the liquor power.”

“Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”