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

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye. – Lord Acton

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smile
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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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Politics
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Politics, like theater, is one of those things where youve got to be wise enough to know when to leave. – Richard Lamm

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Politics is gut commercials are gut. – Frank Luntz

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When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. – P. J. ORourke

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Politics is the womb in which war develops. – Karl Von Clausewitz

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Politics ruins the character. – Otto von Bismarck

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To delight in war is a merit in the soldier, a dangerous quality in the captain, and a positive crime in the statesman. – George Santayana

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positive

Measured in time of transport and communication, the whole round globe is now smaller than a small European country was a hundred years ago. – John Boyd Orr

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communication

I was a mimic when I was a child. I mimicked the teacher and made friends that way, actually. That was a very subversive activity, because I was a goody-goody who never got in trouble. But if I went off in the corner and mimicked the teacher, people loved it. – Anna Deavere Smith

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teacher