2007-01-03 17:07:25 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
Actually, Randy Z, the quotation goes:
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" Lord Acton
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Acton
2007-01-03 17:20:48 · update #1
Knowledge is power. Power corrupts. Corruption is lucrative.
Only stop studying if you want to be poor.
2007-01-03 17:16:43 · answer #1 · answered by Frame313 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There is nothing in that statement that says knowledge and power are one in the same.
Knowledge would have kept the Holocaust from happening from the corrupt and politically powerful people at that time... but, they were in the dark from the very knowledge that could have stopped it.
Knowledge does not necessarily mean wisdom.
Go study.
2007-01-04 01:11:25 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolute power corrupts.
You're safe. Go back to studying.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
2007-01-04 01:11:24 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Knowledge is power, but real power only comes when it is used for the benefit of all. It is not power itself that corrupts, it is the ABUSE OF POWER that does. There's a big difference.
And you stopping to learn only means stopping to live. Whatever knowledge you may gain along the way is yours for the taking. Are you going to use KNOWLEDGE for the good or bad of all?
2007-01-04 01:42:52 · answer #4 · answered by jc freak 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
knowledge is power, but, absolute power corrupts absolutely. so unless you have read everything, you won't get that corrupt.
don't stop studying until you are as smart - or dumb - as you want to be! at the very least, study to get the job you want.
2007-01-04 01:16:52 · answer #5 · answered by NTH IQ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I did and accidentally hit the lotto when i should of been learnin my readin and writin....but how to you explain that the most powerful people today are the worst rotten bastards on the planet.....and extremely stupid.
2007-01-04 01:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't worry you are in no great danger of corrupting not so much as a centipede.
2007-01-04 01:29:08 · answer #7 · answered by caciansf 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol, the saying goes "absolute power corrups" good luck trying to get the absolute knowlede for it
2007-01-04 01:15:21 · answer #8 · answered by Randy Z 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes it is a vicious cycle.
2007-01-04 01:11:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
one does not necessarily lead to the other.
tc
2007-01-04 01:09:57 · answer #10 · answered by timc_fla 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋