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Quote by Lord Acton
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. - L

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. – Lord Acton

Other quotes by Lord Acton

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. – Lord Acton

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

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Business
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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
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I think the rules are going to have to change for me to ever run for public office. My checkered past will always keep me out of politics. – Bruce Willis

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Once you start saying, Lets talk political, my own politics, my own aspirations, it can become not just distracting in that it takes time, but it can become confusing and frustrating, and is this now a political agenda or a governmental agenda. – Andrew Cuomo

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