单词 | power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely |
释义 | Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutelyAn observation that a person's sense of morality lessens as his or her power increases. The statement was made by Lord Acton, a British historian of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Words nearby Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutelypower steering, power-stream, power structure, power supply, power takeoff, Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely, power tool, power train, power transmission grid, power trip, power up The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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