John Acton - OpenMeans

John Acton

Country	Unknown
Born	Tuesday, 30 November -0001
Category
Quotes	13

Historian

Title	Category
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.	Uncategorized
The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.	Uncategorized
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.	Uncategorized
History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.	Uncategorized
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.	Uncategorized
The greatest men, you can quote for everything.	Uncategorized
By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.	Uncategorized
By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.	Uncategorized
Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.	Uncategorized
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.	Uncategorized
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.	Uncategorized
Liberty is the prevention of control by others.	Uncategorized
Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.	Uncategorized