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"Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely." Who said it ?

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Lord Acton

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Abraham Lincoln

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Garner

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Easton

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The correct option is A Lord Acton
John Emerich Edword Dalberg Acton, (1834-1902). The historian and moralist, who was otherwise known simply as Lord Acton, expressed this opinion in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887 : "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

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