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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

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. – Lord Acton

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Nature
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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

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Society
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Lord Acton
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. – Lord Acton

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Change
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Lord Acton
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Politics
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War is not the continuation of politics with different means, it is the greatest mass-crime perpetrated on the community of man. – Alfred Adler

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In politics… never retreat, never retract… never admit a mistake. – Napoleon Bonaparte

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Politics

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules – politics has no rules. – Ross Perot

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Politics

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary. – Robert Louis Stevenson

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Politics

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