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- Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton
- 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
- Machines are admirable and tyrannize only with the user's consent. Where, then, is the enemy? Not where the machine gives relief from… — Jacques Barzun
- The mistakes (of leaders) are amplified by the numbers who follow them without question. Charismatic leaders tend to build up followings, power… — Frank Herbert
- If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure? — Harry Shearer
- All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely. — Edmund Wilson
- We're taught Lord Acton's axiom: all power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believed that when I started these books, but I… — Robert Caro
- 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
- Power corrupts, and PowerPoint corrupts absolutely. — Vinton Cerf
- It has been said that absolute power corrupts absolutely, but many it not be truer to say that to be absolutely powerful… — Terence Rattigan
- I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they… — Lord Acton