Lord Acton Quote
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
Lord Acton
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902), better known as Lord Acton, was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer. He is best remembered for the remark he wrote in a letter to an Anglican bishop in 1887: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."