K K.I.L.E.R Retarded moron Veteran Sep 25, 2006 #1 I absolutely love this quote but is this really true? Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.' Click to expand... http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html
I absolutely love this quote but is this really true? Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.' Click to expand... http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/288200.html
V vazel Regular Sep 25, 2006 #2 Augustus wasn't bad. He made his country stable and could only have done what he did with absolute power. The quote does sound nice though. Last edited by a moderator: Sep 25, 2006
Augustus wasn't bad. He made his country stable and could only have done what he did with absolute power. The quote does sound nice though.
