Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. Lord Acton
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. Lord Acton
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. Lord Acton
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
Learn as much by writing as by reading. Lord Acton
Learn as much by writing as by reading.
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. Lord Acton
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. Lord Acton
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. Lord Acton
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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. Lord Acton
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.
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections. Lord Acton
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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