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

Biography

Author Profession: Historian
Nationality: British
Born: January 10, 1834
Died: June 19, 1902

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Absolute, Absolutely, Corrupt, Power

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