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Thursday, September 19, 2013

Lord Acton: On Power and The Pope

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"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
 Almost always, great men are bad men."  
Lord Acton

Lord Acton was a devout Catholic. He wrote his famous dictum on the corrupting effect of power while resisting the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility which was then being discussed at the First Vatican Council.





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