I rob banks , because banks are where the money is…
1887…
John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton (known as Lord Acton), a British historian and politician, stated, in effect, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.” He wrote that in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, while discussing how historians should judge powerful figures (especially popes and kings) who committed immoral acts.
I think he was almost correct but not quite. I think everyone tends to corruption except perhaps lunatics ( but then lunacy is a form of corruption)… is it not?
Let us wager… put a million dollars in a pile on a table in the middle of Congress. What are the odds…
- someone will propose a law to place armed guards around the pile to protect it to find the reason for it.
- the money will just slowly and then suddenly disappear.
Pedophilia is rampant among the Catholic clergy. Young, beautiful women do not marry poor old men.
We spend a lot of time trying to delude ourselves, perhaps it is time to stop.
Call it Marc’s Principle… “Everyone gets corrupted, follow the money.”
footnote: see Dr. Laurence J. Peter
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