LORD Acton is often quoted to have said power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. And so he has been quoted in the letter ‘Power corrupts’ (June 28).
What Lord Acton really said was: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Kunwar Idris
Karachi
Published in Dawn, July 8th, 2020
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