English translations of the aphorisms of Nicolás Gómez Dávila
The original Spanish is:El poder corrompe más seguramente al que lo codicia que al que lo ejerce.
This is, I believe, an allusion to Lord Acton's famous dictum: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
The original Spanish is:
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This is, I believe, an allusion to Lord Acton's famous dictum: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
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