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“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” --Lord Acton, British historian Based on this quotation, why type of government would Lord Acton most likely support?

a. totalitarian state
b. absolute monarchy Selected:
c. dictatorship This answer is incorrect.
d. representative democracy

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it is d i am taking the usatest perp right now i got it right

“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” --Lord Acton, British-example-1
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Well, he seems to be against absolute power.

options A, B and C represent some sort of absolute power (in a way actually they're very similar and often a dictatorship is totalitarian).

The correct answer is D - he would favor representative democracy where the power is distributed.
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