Author: Lord Acton

Quotes

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

- Lord Acton

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

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

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

- 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

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

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

- 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

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