If the maxim "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely" was true in 1887 when Lord Acton first penned it, how much more is the corruption today when the potential for power is so much greater? It is even more important today to keep power decentralized, as the Founding Fathers intended, than it was in the beginning of our republic.
Friday, January 20, 2012
Power and Corruption
Just a brief thought:
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culture,
Federalism,
government,
politics,
power,
statism