I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King - TopicsExpress



          

I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men with a favorable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption, it is the other way, against the holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up for want of Legal responsibility. Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. (Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 3 April, 1887)
Posted on: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 15:06:36 +0000

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