President Joe Biden sent shockwaves through the country when he announced he would go back on his word and pardon his son, Hunter Biden. Previously, the president denied he would do such a thing, ...

If I were cynical enough to look past the blasé evisceration of democratic norms in pursuit of raw political power that took place on Jones Street last weekand is coming up again this weekend, when ...

“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton’s warning from 1887 is more than a historical footnote — it’s a mirror held up to our present moment. Across ...

Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Power in itself is not bad. It is simply the ability to influence and/or control. It can be used for good or evil. It is the abuse of power that is ...

Almost a century and a half ago, Lord Acton delivered an ageless truth. “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,” he wrote in 1887. Many people think Acton meant only individual moral ...

Lord John Dalberg Acton had said, “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” He said this in 1887. Today, it can be said that power also brings about arrogance, and absolute power ...