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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. - Lord Act

Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. – Lord Acton

Other quotes by Lord Acton

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. – Lord Acton

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Morning
Author
Lord Acton
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Im not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. – Lord Acton

Category:
Business
Author
Lord Acton
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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality. – Lord Acton

Category:
Society
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Lord Acton
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power
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Also, as I lay there thinking of my vision, I could see it all again and feel the meaning with a part of me like a strange power glowing in my body but when the part of me that talks would try to make words for the meaning, it would be like fog and get away from me. – Black Elk

Category:
power

Odd how the creative power at once brings the whole universe to order. – Virginia Woolf

Category:
power

The toughest thing about the power of trust is that its very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer. – Thomas J. Watson

Category:
power

Life is suffering. Life is not resistance to suffering. The point of life is to suffer. This is why were here: Were here to suffer. I believe in a higher power that compassionately allows suffering for us as a race, to grow and mature. – Rainn Wilson

Category:
power

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