Power

Lord Acton
Otherwise known as John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO, DL (1834 – 1902)

Found this on Doug Casey's International Man:

“Lord Acton says that ‘power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely’. But reflecting, it is key to understand that power does not transform, it amplifies.

He who leads, shows what he really is… with more impact. Power doesn’t change people, it just takes away the need to pretend. The righteous protects, the ambitious abuses, the insecure becomes a tyrant. It is not power that corrupts, it is the true face of each that emerges when there is no longer fear of consequences.”

It seems to have come from Anthony Hopkins. Huh, imagine that, Anthony Hopkins. Who'd a thunk it?