Absolute Power Corrupts Quotes Absolutely

David Casseres casseres at apple.com
Mon Apr 14 12:06:39 CDT 1997


Paul sez

>> Joe Varo aptly quoted, but I think misattributed, this:
>> 
>> > Shakespeare probably said it best:  Power corrupts, absolute power
>> > corrupts absolutely.
>> 
>> Lord Acton, wasn't it?  (Anybody have the source at hand to check?)  
>
>It's Machiavelli.

Not Satchel Paige?


Cheers,
David




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