![](http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes.nsf/t_space.gif) "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. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely." | Quote by: | Lord Acton [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham |
Source: | from Lectures on Modern History, 1906, "Beginning of the Modern State" |
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