Ballast: Weight added to a boat to enhance stability. âThe J/24 has 950 pounds of lead ballast.â. Berth: A sleeping area on a boat. Also, a place where a boat is tied up. âWe slept in the forward berth while John and Amy slept in the quarter berthâ or âWe keep our boat in a berth at McDoodleâs Marina.â.
Lord Acton writes to Bishop Creighton that the same moral standards should be applied to all men, political and religious leaders included, especially since âPower tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutelyâ (1887) From: Acton-Creighton Correspondence (John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton)
You don't have to look much further than the news to find stories of corrupt leaders engaged in all sorts of ethical breaches. As the adage goes, power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.. An abuse of power can get people into trouble, destroy careers and even bring down entire industries.