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Absolute Power Quotes by Lord Acton
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still…
- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike,…
- Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of…
- I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.…
- There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys…
- Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
- Power corrupts.Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
More Absolute Power Quotes
- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the… — David Brinkley
- Those who desire to rise as high as our human condition allows, must renounce intellectual pride, the omnipotence of clear thinking, belief… — Alexis Carrel
- Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power. — Napoleon Bonaparte
- Over the times thou hast no power. . . . Solely over one man thou hast quite absolute power. Him redeem and… — Thomas Carlyle
- Absolute power corrupts even when exercised for humane purposes. The benevolent despot who sees himself as a shepherd of the people still… — Eric Hoffer
- It is not true that the legislator has absolute power over our persons and property, since they pre-exist, and his work is… — Frederic Bastiat
- Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right… — Barry Goldwater
- If absolute power corrupts absolutely, where does that leave God?? — Unknown Author
- Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and… — Lord Acton
- Absolute power can only be supported by error, ignorance and prejudice. — Lord Chesterfield
- No country can be called free which is governed by an absolute power; and it matters not whether it be an absolute… — Thomas Paine