"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." -Lord Acton Most of us have heard this quote before. Many of us have even used it on occasion, usually to describe a particularly disliked authority figure. However, have we ever truly considered what it means? Can we in the United States really have any idea what it is like to live with absolute power corrupting absolutely? Some would say yes--but as much as any of us have …showed first 75 words of 1139 total…

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