"Power does not corrupt men; fools, however,..." - Quote by George Bernard Shaw

“Man's inhumanity to man is only surpassed by his cruelty to animals”

“Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.”

“It is well to be off with the old woman before you're on with the new.”

“What is a throne? - a bit of wood gilded and covered in velvet. I am the state- I alone am here the representative of the people. Even if I had done wrong you should not have reproached me in public - people wash their dirty linen at home. France has more need of me than I of France.”

“They whispered to Caesar that he was mortal, then sold daggers at half-price in the grand March sale.”

“It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.”

“What is the chief end of man?-to get rich. In what way?-dishonestly if we can; honestly if we must.”

“I think there are plenty of good people in America, but there are also plenty of bad people in America and the bad ones are the ones who seem to have all the power and be in these positions to block things that you and I need.”

“In every government on earth is some trace of human weakness, some germ of corruption and degeneracy, which cunning will discover, and wickedness insensibly open, cultivate and improve.”