"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Almost always, great men are bad men."
Almost always, great men are bad men."
Lord Acton
Lord Acton was a devout Catholic and Cambridge historian.
He wrote his famous dictum on the corrupting effect of power while opposing the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility
which was then being discussed at the First Vatican Council.
He wrote his famous dictum on the corrupting effect of power while opposing the Doctrine of Papal Infallibility
which was then being discussed at the First Vatican Council.
Robert Caro is Lyndon Johnson's most notable biographer.
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