Lord Acton: POWER and AUTHORITY.

Timeless wisdom for a perennial and intractable issue that deserves serious public consideration.

Weigh the wisdom of the following Acton quotes as you also think back on the decisions and actions made in recent years by people who have held positions of power and authority in government and corporate institutions. Your review of their decisions and actions is sure to raise many important questions concerning the state of democracy in our nation.

      Let these words ruminate in your consciousness for a while so that they imprint an indelible mark on your Life Lens. That mark is sure to inform and influence your choices and actions in future elections and corporate purchases.

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“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.”

“Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.”

“Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.”

“Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.”

“Absolute power demoralizes.”  

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