Author: Lord Acton

Quotes

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

- Lord Acton

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.

- Lord Acton

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.

- Lord Acton

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

- Lord Acton

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

- Lord Acton

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

- Lord Acton

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

- Lord Acton

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

- Lord Acton

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

- Lord Acton

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