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Lord Acton said.......
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton. The first baron of Acton said....... Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Could this be applied to Nick Clegg.
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"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or certainty of corruption by full authority. There is no worse heresy than the fact that the office sanctifies the holder of it. "
Although no fan of Clegg, I would,t go that far yet.
By the way, Acton's remarks, as an RC, were made in the context of his opposition to the new doctrine of Papal Infallability, promulgated in 1870.
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or certainty of corruption by full authority. There is no worse heresy than the fact that the office sanctifies the holder of it. "
Although no fan of Clegg, I would,t go that far yet.
By the way, Acton's remarks, as an RC, were made in the context of his opposition to the new doctrine of Papal Infallability, promulgated in 1870.
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