IN light of the recent events, it might be worth reminding ourselves of the words written by John Acton, 1st Baron Acton of Aldenham, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton dated April 3, 1887: “Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
DEREK ROWLAND MBE
Dinas Cross
Newport
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