Power had corrupted them hi direct proportion to its increase.

But in the end the power seduced and corrupted him just as it did me.

"There is a saying among my people that 'absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Or, just as likely, his absolute power had corrupted him absolutely, and he was now nothing more than a pig.

Whoever had said that absolute power corrupts absolutely knew what he was talking about.

But fans are still free to read into his use of phrases like "absolute power corrupts absolutely."

He reminded viewers of the old saying "absolute power corrupts absolutely".

If you look at history, you see how absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power corrupted; power made it easy to see what you wanted as something that was morally "right."

Power, after all, is not only corrupting but it's addictive.