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To: KLP who wrote (36784)8/10/2002 2:35:20 AM
From: Karen Lawrence  Respond to of 281500
 
KlP
"Absolute power" as such belongs to those in charge. The entire quote is "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." Lord Acton. 1834-1902 Whether he is correct in that assertion, Acton wasn't referring to the common man.



To: KLP who wrote (36784)8/10/2002 9:31:04 AM
From: Rascal  Respond to of 281500
 
Spies like Robert Hansen certainly are another example. Someday, we will know how many people he killed with his "worker bee corruption

Hansen was management not a worker bee!
He had the power to do what he did!