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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Great men are almost always bad men.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
— Garry Trudeau
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Everybody likes to get as much power as circumstances allow, and nobody will vote for a self-denying ordinance.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutley
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Two weeks is about the ideal length of time to retire.
— Alex Comfort
When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Are Latino-Americans white? Black? Other? Illegal aliens from Mars? Or are we the very face of America?
— Raquel Cepeda
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Instead of being fascinated by the things around us, we now try so hard to fascinate others by the things on us.
— Ika Natassa
The things that really matter don't mix with idle chatter.
— Mose Allison
When I play, I become entirely absorbed in the game. It may be a form of concentration.
— Helen Wills Moody
I'm not a stranger," I said, and pointed to his book. "I'm someone who reads the same authors you do.
— Lemony Snicket
May be is very well, but Must is the master. It is my duty to show justice without recompense.
— Lucius Annaeus Seneca
The object of civil society is justice, not truth, virtue, wealth, knowledge, glory or power. Justice is followed by equality and liberty.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Records are just moments of achievement. They're like receipts for work done. Time goes on and people keep playing music.
— Bill Laswell
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Judge talent at its best but character at its worst.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton