absolute power
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Still, references to dark chapters of his decades in absolute power are tightly censored in public discourse.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Historically, hoping that an absolute power will benevolently provide for humanity if sufficiently enlightened hasn’t led to safe or positive outcomes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026
The historian argued that Castro feared any rapprochement with Washington would spur political and economic reforms on the island that would jeopardise his absolute power.
From BBC ● May 20, 2026
But over there, long after successive monarchs surrendered their absolute power, it has come to represent tradition, national unity and stability.
From Salon ● Oct. 7, 2025
The English historian Lord Acton famously said, “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson
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