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Does anyone know the origin of the quote "corruption breeds corruption"?

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Does anyone know the origin of the quote "corruption breeds corruption"?

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  1. I think the quote you mean is actually, "Power corrupts.  Absolute power corrupts absolutely".  This was said by Lord Acton in 1887.  Technically was he said was, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Great men are almost always bad men."

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