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Meanings of absolute power in English

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Usage of absolute power in English
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Power tends to corrupt, he said memorably, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
The Irish Times
2
The president has become more autocratic and thinks he has absolute power.
The Guardian
3
April 2006 - King Gyanendra gives up absolute power after widespread protests.
Reuters
4
Everything now seemed to concur in securing his accession to absolute power.
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 06
5
The slave-owner had absolute power of life and death over his dependants.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: Romans Corinthians (To II Corinth...
6
There are no tyrants more oppressive than the tools of absolute power.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 3 part 1: The Middle Ages
7
The Pelhams came back to what might almost be called absolute power.
A History of the Four Georges, Volume II
8
We are utter weakness, whereas the reality of Divinity is absolute power.
The Promulgation of Universal Peace
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But the month of March 1814 resolved the question of absolute power!
Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte — Volume 10
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Once I mentioned Acton's quotation about power corrupting, and absolute power corrupting absolutely.
Childhood's End
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Yet I find I'm not ready to give up absolute power just yet.
The Irish Times
12
Leaders change in cycles, and no one person has absolute power.
Reuters
13
They are very powerful and, as they say about absolute power, well .
Angelopolis
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Feb 2005 - King Gyanendra takes absolute power, vowing to crush the Maoists.
Reuters
15
I get a rush of the absolute power I felt at seeing that.
Freaks and revelations
16
He exuded the sort of lethargy that sometimes accompanies absolute power.
Wiseguy
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