English Explanatory Dictionary

power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

English dictionary entry

Meanings

proverb
  1. The corrupting influence of power is total when one's power is total.

Word forms

power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely

Etymology

From a letter written by Lord Acton in 1887.

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