Absolute Power

Absolute Power may refer to:

  • Lord Acton's dictum, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"
  • The power held by the sovereign of an absolute monarchy
  • Omnipotence, unlimited power, as of a deity
  • Absolute Power (novel), a 1996 novel by David Baldacci
  • Absolute Power (film), a 1997 film based on Baldacci's novel, directed by and starring Clint Eastwood
  • Absolute Power (Tech N9ne album), 2002
  • Absolute Power (Pro-Pain album), 2010
  • Absolute Power (comedy), a BBC television and radio series
  • "Absolute Power" (Stargate SG-1), an episode of the television series
  • "Absolute Power", a story arc from Superman/Batman comic book series
  • "Absolute Power", episode of Superman: The Animated Series
  • Absolute Power: The Helen Clark Years (2008), book by Ian Wishart
  • The Day the Earth Shook – The Absolute Power, DVD by American heavy metal band Manowar

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