QUOTE:
“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg; 1834-1902)
British historian
Letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, April 3, 1887
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COUNTERQUOTE:
“Absolute faith corrupts as absolutely as absolute power.”
Eric Hoffer (1902-1983)
American social critic and philosopher
Reflections on the Human Condition (1973)
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COMPUTERQUOTE:
“Absolute power corrupts. Enjoy.”
Apple Computer, Inc.
Headline of a 1998 ad for the 300MHz Power Macintosh G3