The Justice Department released a letter allegedly written by Jeffrey Epstein Monday that it then quickly removed from its website — and its contents, some critics say, “directly implicates" President Donald Trump.The letter was postmarked “just days after Epstein died” in 2019, according to the pro...
Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Did you just make that up? Has a nice ring to it!
Hahaha no I cannot take credit for that one, that’s from an old British historian from the late 1800s
Lord Acton. He was a Liberal Party bigwig (the Liberals were the pro-capitalist party, opposing the pro-aristocracy Conservatives-- the modern US definition of liberalism has little to do with their policies). The quote is from 1887.
Pretty sure there’s also some stoic philosophers who made such observations. Also I’m pretty sure Diogenes said something like that if not in words then in spirit.
I wouldn’t be surprised! It’s been a fact for as long as people have had power structures!