In what year did Lord Acton say absolute power corrupts absolutely?

Answer 1

This arose as a quotation by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, first Baron Acton (1834-1902). The historian and moralist, who was otherwise known simply as Lord Acton, expressed this opinion in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men."

Another answer

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, expressed that thought in a speech in 1770. The poet Percy Bysshe Shelly expressed it in Queen Mab, 1813. But the most usual and best-known attribution is to Lord Acton (John Emerich Dalberg-Acton), who wrote, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton (April 5, 1887), "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Answer 2

It is said that Lord Acton was thinking specifically of the Pope and the doctrine of papal infallibility. Lord Acton was a liberal Roman Catholic.

Answer 3

the statement that all power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolute by lord acton is emphasizing the doctrine of what

Answer 4

April 7, 1887

Answer 5

us government

Answer 6

Lord Acton

Answer 7

Lord Acton

Answer 8

Plato

Answer 9

Neitche

Answer 10

Snon