Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Essay by Woxman • March 30, 2012 • Essay • 253 Words (2 Pages) • 2,139 Views
absulte power corrupt absolutely -lord john emerich edward dalberg acton a british historian and moralist recieves credit for first penning -power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely in year 1887 . he believes that power has the ability to corrupt .humans are einherentlty bad and when given power ,could not help but let the poqwer corrupt them ,thus,people should kept from the dangers of power and those with power should be disturbed .martin speaks -great men are always bad men .WHEN they excercise influence and authority ,still more when you supperadded the tendency or certainty of corruption by authority .when someone possesses control ansd authrity over others they become infected with evil and wicked behaviours which begin to dominate and destroy their mind .like -adarsh case ,commonwealth games ,laloit modis ipl case , boforce case telgis and many more are examples of corruption supperadded on power .power r 5 type -knowldege power ,financial power ,political power, .most dangerous being political and financial power wher epeoples start to become greedy and start to take money from source s which bereaks his moral principle ,ultimateky leading to corruption in major trends ..india being a poor country corruption with powwer is a worst combination taking india in negative dieresction .strict guidelines should be made in order to have perfect condition for corruption to die .even leaking of letter of confidential person like general v k singh is a great example of corruption in todays indian army .must take strict action on this .
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