Concentration of political power and financial resources can weaken democratic institutions and encourage political ...

Editor: The exercise of governmental power can be benevolent. But in our current circumstances, the power of the U.S. government is being wielded by men who are power-drunk.Adam Smith described this ...

“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 ...

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, ...

The full quotation is: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Its author was John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, aka Lord Acton (1834-1902), an English aristocrat, writing in ...

The Bible points to the love of money as the root of all kinds of evil. Not money itself, but our desire for it and to acquire more of it, which can lead to an abandonment of moral principles and ...

For me, the most remarkable thing about Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg’s appearance at a Los Angeles court, to answer questions about the addictive aspects of social media, was that he was there at ...

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 ...