Absolute power Quote by Lord Acton

Great men are almost always bad men.

— Anonymous

Great men are always bad men.

— Anonymous

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority:…

— Lord Acton

Men are always thinking that they are going to do something grandly wicked to their enemies; but when it comes to the point, really…

— George Bernard Shaw

When it comes to the point, really bad men are just as rare as really good ones.

— George Bernard Shaw

Good and bad men are less than they seem.

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

The majority of men are more capable of great actions than of good ones.

— Baron de Montesquieu

There are no great men, just great circumstances, and how they handle those circumstances will determine the outcome of history.

— William Halsey

Men are good in but one way, but bad in many.

— Aristotle

It does not take great men to do great things; it only takes consecrated men.

— Phillips Brooks

Great men don't nessarily make good husbands.

— Lisa Kleypas

Bad boys are classy and refined. For example, even though Donald Trump came from money and a privileged lifestyle, he's a man's man.

— Frank Vincent