"In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes." ― John Kenneth Galbraith Topic(s): Power More From John Kenneth Galbraith "The salary of the chief executive of a large corporation is not a market award for achievement. It is frequently in the nature of a warm personal gesture by the individual to himself." "The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness." "There is certainly no absolute standard of beauty. That precisely is what makes its pursuit so interesting." More In Power "Don’t you know there ain’t no devil, it’s just god when he’s drunk."― Tom Waits "Protect IP (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are a step towards a different kind of Internet. They are a step towards an Internet in which those with money and lawyers and access to power have a greater voice than those who don’t."― Ron Wyden "Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People."― Benjamin Disraeli