Does power always corrupt?

Question

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely, good men are almost always bad"
I'm trying to write an essay, any help or pointers would be appreciated :)
I have used Adolf Hitler as one of my examples.. Whats an example of a man who has not been corrupted by power? are there any...

Answer 1

Start with George Washington





He openly wrote/spoke of PUBLIC SERVICE being an HONOR and did not feel that politicians should receive MONEY.



Politics should be a PART TIME job, shared by the CITIZENS.... and although he had all the power of a king... TWICE he walked away from it for the sake of America's posterity.

Answer 2

It goes with the territory. Politics attract those people who want to run other people's lives -- dominant control-freaks. They give themselves the power to dictate by writing the laws that allows it.

If you get some jerk in there who feels that, for example, sky-diving should be banned, then that's what's going to happen... outlawed.

Sky-divers are a minority group and therefore would be defenseless to keep what is rightfully theirs -- freedom of choice. It would be stolen by 'the powers that be'.



The universal EXCUSE "To save lives" is all they need to push their narrow corruptive minds and declare it illegal by law.

Then they continue seeking another target minority group. Perhaps crack down on mountain climbing, fishing from the rocks or eating junk-food.



Personally I feel victimised, because it's ruined one of the few things I enjoy in life. That is, I love to ride my bicycle, but cannot stand the feeling of having something strapped around my throat (helmet).

Nor do I see any reason why I should be forced to wear a helmet.

If they pester me enough, I'll just do what most others do... ditch the bike and help contributing to poluting the atmostphere by simply driving my car instead. Their choice!





The risk of getting skin cancer from not protecting ourselves from the sun -- e.g. by wearing a hat, long sleeves, etc -- is hundreds of times greater than the risk of not wearing a helmet.

Try getting that through the 'corruptive' narrow-minded skulls of 'the powers that be'.



I read some document where it said that the minister who was responsible for that absurd helmet law openly admitted that, quote, "He didn't give a hang about the view of civil libertarians".



So much for mutual respect!

Perhaps other people feel differently, but to me this is a great example of 'power corruption' and that sort of thing is only going to get worse, if we as a nation don't object.





On the other hand, sports like horse-racing and football or rugby would never be banned, no matter how many accidents, serious injuries and deaths occur, because it's a billion-dollar-industry. Oh, and not to forget, those biggest annual sailing competitions held during the storm seasons!



If their stupic excuse is always "saving lives", then how's this not hypocrasy and/or corruption? Beats me.

Answer 3

Absolute power corrupts Absolutely.

Answer 4

Power does not corrupt. Who is to say Hitler was corrupted by power? Was he really any different than before he came to power? His book, Mein Kampf, written almost a decade before he came to power shows his intentions right away. Coming to power didn't change him.

Answer 5

Power corrupts people like machine guns corrupt people. It's not that the machine gun could be benign if it was in the right hands, it's dangerous no matter who uses it.



Power in and of itself is a product, not a cause, of corruption.

Answer 6

Well the media pays a lot more attention to the corrupt than the honest.





A lot of politicians are actually quite productive.

Answer 7

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Answer 8

Ronald Regan, he was the same man entering the White House that he was when he left.



One of the few.

Answer 9

Bill Gates.

Answer 10

suleymon the great of the Automon Empire.

Answer 11

Always, thats why we need regulation and checks and balances

Answer 12

It seems that way.