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| | Lord Acton |  | And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| | Lord Acton | | Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| | Lord Acton | | Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| | John Acton | | Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| | John Acton | | The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition. |
| | Abigail Adams | | Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. |
| | Ansel Adams | | I know some photographs that are extraodrinary in their power and conviction, but it is difficult in photography to overcome the superficial power or subject; the concept and statement must be quite convincing in themselves to win over a dramatic and compelling subject situation. |
| | Henry B. Adams | | Power is poison. Its effect on Presidents had always been tragic. |
| | John Adams | | Liberty, according to my metaphysics is a self-determining power in an intellectual agent. It implies thought and choice and power. |
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