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Lord Acton quotes: There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success. There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
Lord Acton quotes: A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation. A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.
Lord Acton quotes: Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism. Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.
Lord Acton quotes: Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.
Lord Acton quotes: I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task. I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
Lord Acton quotes: Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character. Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.
Lord Acton quotes: Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force. Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
Lord Acton quotes: Advice to Persons About to Write History - Don't. Advice to Persons About to Write History - Don't.
Lord Acton quotes: It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness. It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness.
Lord Acton quotes: Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future. Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
Lord Acton quotes: Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing
Lord Acton quotes: The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
Lord Acton quotes: We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong. We are not sure we are right until we have made the best case possible for those who are wrong.
Lord Acton quotes: Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty. Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
Lord Acton quotes: Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this. Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
Lord Acton quotes: It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds. It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds.
Lord Acton quotes: The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed. The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.
Lord Acton quotes: A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism. A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
Lord Acton quotes: Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers. Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
Lord Acton quotes: Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word. Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
Lord Acton quotes: To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history. To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history.
Lord Acton quotes: Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime ... Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime ...
Lord Acton quotes: I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
Lord Acton quotes: History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions. History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.
Lord Acton quotes: A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
Lord Acton quotes: Government rules the present. Literature rules the future. Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
Lord Acton quotes: In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress. In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
Lord Acton quotes: Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin. Remember that one touch of ill-nature makes the whole world kin.
Lord Acton quotes: 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 quotes: The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality. The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
Lord Acton quotes: A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark. A man can be trusted only up to low-water mark.
Lord Acton quotes: Every class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Lord Acton quotes: Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history. Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
Lord Acton quotes: The reward of history is that it releases and relieves us from present strife. The reward of history is that it releases and relieves us from present strife.
Lord Acton quotes: Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power. Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
Lord Acton quotes: The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust. The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
Lord Acton quotes: The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities. The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
Lord Acton quotes: Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality. Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
Lord Acton quotes: It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others. It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
Lord Acton quotes: No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence. No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.
Lord Acton quotes: Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge. Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
Lord Acton quotes: Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes. Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
Lord Acton quotes: 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 quotes: Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen. Many men can no more be kept straight by spiritual motives than we can live without policemen.
Lord Acton quotes: Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things. Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
Lord Acton quotes: Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited. Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
Lord Acton quotes: Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power power sufficient to interfere with property. Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power
power sufficient to interfere with property.
Lord Acton quotes: A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision. A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision.
Lord Acton quotes: Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice. Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
Lord Acton quotes: 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 quotes: The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding. The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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 quotes: History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches. History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.
Lord Acton quotes: There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it. There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
Lord Acton quotes: There should be a law to the People besides its own will. There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
Lord Acton quotes: The mills of God grind slowly. The mills of God grind slowly.
Lord Acton quotes: Socialism means slavery. Socialism means slavery.
Lord Acton quotes: Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy. Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy.
Lord Acton quotes: Progress, the religion of those who have none. Progress, the religion of those who have none.
Lord Acton quotes: Judge talent at its best and character at its worst. Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
Lord Acton quotes: Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law. Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.
Lord Acton quotes: The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom. The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
Lord Acton quotes: The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge. The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
Lord Acton quotes: The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy. The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.
Lord Acton quotes: 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 quotes: Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery. Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery.
Lord Acton quotes: Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other. Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
Lord Acton quotes: A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar. A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
Lord Acton quotes: Towns were the nursery of freedom. Towns were the nursery of freedom.
Lord Acton quotes: 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 quotes: Official truth is not actual truth. Official truth is not actual truth.
Lord Acton quotes: Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country. Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.
Lord Acton quotes: Ink was not invented to express our real feelings. Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
Lord Acton quotes: Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth. Every error pronounces judgment on itself when it attempts to apply its rules to the standard of truth.

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