acton's law
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  • about 2 years ago sionnach said
    Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
  • about 2 years ago qroqqa said
    Usually given in this abbreviated form, but what Lord Acton actually wrote was: 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.'

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