Hvem sagde power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely?
John Dalberg-Acton
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
Han er måske bedst kendt for bemærkningen i et brev til en anglikansk biskop: "Magt har en tendens til at korrumpere, og absolut magt korrumperer absolut. Store mænd er næsten altid dårlige mænd, ..."
John Dalberg-Acton
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton
He is perhaps best known for the remark in a letter to an Anglican bishop, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men,..."
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton