dictum "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"

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The dictum "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" is a famous political aphorism warning that unchecked authority inevitably leads to moral corruption.

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John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton notableFor dictum "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"