Quote needed - power men corrupt exposes

[mrmr96]

I'm racking my brains trying to recall a quote. Basically the idea is that "power doesn't make corrupt men, it exposes them". Or something like that.

(For info it's not the "absolute power corrupts absolutely" nor is it "fools in a position of power, corrupt power")

Does anyone know the one I'm on about?

[theironduke]

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Lord Acton

Bugger....damn skim reading...

Edited by theironduke on Tuesday 2nd February 20:38

[mrmr96]

theironduke said:

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Lord Acton

Bugger....damn skim reading...

Edited by theironduke on Tuesday 2nd February 20:38

thanks for responding, but you've already reaslised it's not the one I'm thinking of.

The idea behind the one I have in mind is that good men when given power will be good, but bad ones when given power will be exposed. i.e. the bad ones in power were always bad, just lacking the power.

(ps - have i gone insane?)