Quote(s) of the Day

Jacob Kravetz
Jun 14, 2020
1 min read

Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Or what he actually wrote: Absolute power corrupts absolutely

Lord Acton

The French perspective

It is not only the slave or serf who is ameliorated in becoming free. The master himself did not gain less in every point of view, for absolute power corrupts the best natures.

Alphonse Marie Louis de Prat de Lamartine

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