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- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief… — Alexis Carrel
- Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer
- Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right… — Barry Goldwater
- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which… — Lord Acton
- Rulers who destroy men's freedom commonly begin by trying to retain its forms. ... They cherish the illusion that they can combine… — Alexis de Tocqueville
- Pierre Bordieu was right: "The all powerful is he who does not wait but makes others wait. Absolute power is the power… — Michael Jackson
- There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's… — Lord Acton