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No... That guy said your quote, which I contended, with another paraphrased quote, from a person who worked for a president... one sec, I'm more awake now, I'll google it.He worked for no president. John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, also known as 1st Baron Acton, was the 13th Marquess of Groppoli in the Tuscany region of Italy as well as a former British Parliament member.
Robert A. Caro, and I was wrong about his relationship with a president. He wrote Lyndon B. Johnson's biography, for some reason I thought he was also on staff.“But although the cliche says that power always corrupts, what is seldom said ... is that power always reveals. When a man is climbing, trying to persuade others to give him power, concealment is necessary. ... But as a man obtains more power, camouflage becomes less necessary.”
The point I was making is that larger quote I attempted to paraphrase in my initial post. The old cliche is flawed. The reality is that power reveals.