who said the quote power corrupts absolute power corrupts absolutely
John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton He is perhaps best known for the remark in a letter to an Anglican bishop, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men,..."[4] This idea has been tested in laboratory settings.[5]
Michael Gerson Gerson is credited with coining such phrases as "the soft bigotry of low expectations" and "the armies of compassion".[18] His noteworthy phrases for Bush are said to include "Axis of Evil," a phrase adapted from "axis of hatred," itself suggested by fellow speechwriter David Frum but deemed too mild.[19]