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Lord Acton

Lord Acton, whose full name was John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, was a 19th-century English historian known for his famous phrase 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.' Born in 1834, Acton was an advocate for individual freedom and a critic of absolutism and authoritarianism.

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The power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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With absolute power, even a donkey finds it easy to govern.

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