ABSOLUTE POWER CORRUPTS ABSOLUTELY.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.: translation
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Prov. One who has total authority is very likely to abuse his position. (This phrase was used by the British historian Lord Acton: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”) •
We thought that Johnson would be a responsible mayor, but within a year of taking office, he was as bad as all the rest. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.