Famous Quote from Lord Acton 

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Quote by:
Lord Acton
[John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham
Date:
1887
Source:
in a letter to the bishop of London, Bishop Mandell Creighton, April 5,1887
 
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