143 Quotes About Abuse-of-power

My hope now is that we harness the force of ourempowered selves and work together in a shared battle against exploitation and abuse of power in all its forms.

The highest mode of corruption is the abuse of power.

What we are now witnessing in the 21st century is the fracture or complete breakdown of families, societies, and governments as a result of centuries of dehumanization that have taken a toll. More natural disasters (tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, etc.) merely uncover the reality of the national disasters we have created by grandting sanctuary to dehumanization via the law.

We could only hope that Trump’s restraint, deliberate or unwitting, would continue, and although he might be tempted to interfere yet again in the investigations into him, our commander in chief would abide by both common sense and the unwritten rules about acceptable presidential behavior that had guided all his predecessors. Yet, deep down, we knew that he probably wouldn’t.

Patrol was not difficult work. They stopped any niggers they saw and demanded their passes. They stopped niggers they knew to be free, for their amusement but also to remind the Africans of the forces arrayed against them, whether they were owned by a white man or not.

What I fear most is power with impunity. I fear abuse of power, and the power to abuse.

Abuse of power comes as no surprise

It's not just the abuse of power that's the problem. It's the power to abuse.