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Lord Acton

Lord Acton

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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. Uncategorized
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Uncategorized
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Uncategorized
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. Uncategorized
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority. Uncategorized
The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority. Uncategorized
Learn as much by writing as by reading. Uncategorized
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. Uncategorized
The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future. Uncategorized
Learn as much by writing as by reading. Uncategorized
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. Uncategorized
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites. Uncategorized
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. Uncategorized
Socialism means slavery. Uncategorized
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Uncategorized
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion. Uncategorized
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice. Uncategorized
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. Uncategorized
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality. Uncategorized
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. Uncategorized

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