Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton | Dictionary of Quotes

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton

23Nov2008 In : Quotes
Author : Frédérick Jézégou

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Quotations by Lord Acton

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Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power. Eric Hoffer
Power corrupts, but lack of power corrupts absolutely. Adlai E. Stevenson
Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. George Bernard Shaw
Power doesn’t corrupt people, people corrupt power. William Gaddis
In the United States, though power corrupts, the expectation of power paralyzes. John Kenneth Galbraith
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor. William Pitt
Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power. Rene Descartes
If it was not absolutely necessary, it was the foolishest thing ever done. Lord Melbourne
The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. John Ruskin
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. Lord Acton

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