Absolute Power

Absolute Power may refer to:

  • The proverb known as Lord Acton's dictum: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
  • Omnipotence, the unlimited 'absolute' power of a deity or god-like being.
  • Absolute Power, a BBC radio (and later television) comedy.
  • Absolute Power, a 1996 political thriller novel by David Baldacci.
  • Absolute Power, a film adaptation of the Baldacci novel directed by and starring Clint Eastwood.
  • Absolute Power: The Helen Clark Years, a 2008 book by Ian Wishart.
  • Absolute Power, the 17th episode in the fourth season of the Stargate SG-1 television series.
  • The British Heavy Metal band created in 2006 as a "tribute to classic Heavy Metal" project that released one album (of the same name), starting with a song of the same name.
  • The American-based independent Groove Metal band.
  • The Day the Earth Shook – The Absolute Power, a concert DVD released by Manowar (The Absolute Power).
  • Any of the albums titled Absolute Power by Aska, Blitzkrieg, Cardiant, Perpetual Force, Powermad, Pro-Pain, Tech N9ne, Violated, Wraith, or the aforementioned British band Absolute Power.
    • It may also additionally refer to the partial title of albums released by Forgotten Soul + Tahazu (Absolute Void, Absolute Power), Gospel of the Horns (20 Years of Absolute Power) or Poison Arts (High Energy/Absolute Power).

 

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