Philippine Daily Inquirer
‘Absolute power corrupts absolutely’
The full quotation is: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Its author was John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, aka Lord Acton (1834-1902), an English aristocrat, writing in 1887. Other memorable lines…
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