公共权力是由人民赋予的,应当用来为公共利益服务,并接受人民的监督,但公共权力的行使有可能偏离为公共利益服务的目标,被掌权者滥用,甚至成为个别人谋取私利的工具。英国历史学家艾克顿说:权力倾向于腐败,绝对的权倾向于绝对的腐败。”不受监督和约束的权力必然导致腐败,而腐 Public power is given by the people and should be used to serve the public interest and to be supervised by the people. However, the exercise of public power may deviate from the goal of serving the public interest, being abused by the powerful and even becoming a tool for private individuals to seek personal gain . Iketon, a British historian, said that power tends to be corrupt and that absolute power tends to absolute corruption. "Without supervision and restraint power will inevitably lead to corruption, and corruption