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1. "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Mon Dec 18, 2017, 02:38 PM

Dec 2017

People tend to forget that when John Dalberg-Acton said that, he was talking about Church as well as State.

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Clergy & Pastors Are The Most Corrupt And Sexually Abusive In Society. [View all] TheMastersNemesis Dec 2017 OP

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Girard442 Dec 2017 #1

Actually, Power attracts the corruptable. haele Dec 2017 #3

I would like to see numbers. LiberalFighter Dec 2017 #7