All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.

Clive James
All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.
All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.
All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.
All intellectual tendencies are corrupted when they consort with power.
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Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This is a quote from Lord Acton, an English historian and historian of ideas. It is a warning that those who seek absolute power will inevitably corrupt their ideas and actions.

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