Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
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Lord Acton. Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton. 5 Apr. 1887.
Lord Acton. Letter to Archbishop Mandell Creighton. 5 Apr. 1887.
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Nietzsche, Friedrich. Jenseits von Gut und Böse: Vorspiel einer Philosophie der Zukunft [Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future]. Leipzig: C. G. Naumann, 1886, ch. 7, no. 217.
Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil, translated by R. J. Hollingdale. Penguin Classics, 2003, ch. 7, no. 217.
Zedong, Mao. "Problems of War and Strategy." Sixth Plenary Session of the Sixth Central Committee of the Party. 6 Nov. 1938, Yan'an, China.
Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1744.
Franklin, Benjamin. "Poor Richard’s Almanack, 1744." Benjamin Franklin: Autobiography, Poor Richard, and Later Writings, edited by J. A. Leo Lemay. Library of America, 2005.