At his latest press conference, Gordon Brown uttered the seemingly banal phrase, “With power comes responsibility,” which several people have noticed to be a close rip-off from one of the lines of Spiderman. That ’s perhaps not the best association to conjure up for a government now desperately trying to rid itself of a reputation for “spin.” (Drumroll, please.)
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October 9th, 2007 at 3:29 pm
Herman
The “With great power comes great responsibility” line and those like it, should predate Spiderman. Does anyone have an earlier source? I can’t think of one myself.
October 9th, 2007 at 5:04 pm
Grumpy Old Man
Somehow, “Aristotle, Aristotle was a bugger for the bottle,/ Hobbes was fond of his dram” comes to mind.