Unlimited Power Quotes - Page 4

• Unlimited power corrupts the possessor; and this I know, that, where law ends, there tyranny begins.

  William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

  Law, Power Corrupts, Ends

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• Unlimited power is worse for the average person than unlimited alcohol; and the resulting intoxication is more damaging for others. Very few have not deteriorated when given absolute dominion. It is worse for the governor than for the governed.

  William Lyon Phelps

  Power, Average, Alcohol

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