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The only son of Sir Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet, [5] and grandson of the Neapolitan admiral and prime minister Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet [6] (who succeeded to the baronetcy and estates held by another branch of the Acton family in Shropshire in 1791), Acton was known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet, from 1837 to 1869.
Lord Acton's dictum, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" The power held by the sovereign of an absolute monarchy; The power held by a leader of an autocracy or dictatorship; Omnipotence, unlimited power, as of a deity
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Absolute power corrupts absolutely,” she said. “Xi’s determined to fight corruption, but corruption is a product of the system he is defending. It is a Catch-22.”
In her closing argument of former South Carolina banker Russell Laffitte’s federal bank fraud trial on Monday, prosecutor Emily Limehouse said, “Absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It was ...
Lord Acton famously stated "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely", an idea embodied in the addictive power of the One Ring. [30] A major theme is the corrupting influence of the One Ring through the power it offers, especially to those already powerful. [31]
"Oh my god, that's about as intoxicating — that is the definition of power corrupts, but absolute power corrupts absolutely." "I mean, I would — if I had the same goal, I wouldn't care about ...
Lord Acton famously stated "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely", an idea embodied in the addictive power of the One Ring. The corrupting effect of power is, according to Shippey, a modern theme, since in earlier times, power was considered to "reveal character", not alter it. Shippey quotes Lord Acton's 1887 statement: