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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
My rule has always been, write the next part of the book that you seem to know well. So I won't necessarily write chapter two after chapter one.
— Justin Cronin
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
Crazy is relative.
— Tina Laningham
power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutley
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
— John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton
Chinese food tries to engage the mind, not just the palate. To provoke the intellect.
— Nicole Mones
Accustom yourself to that which you bear ill, and you will bear it well.
— Seneca The Younger
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
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
You can't forge a new sort of consensus, you can't forge public opinion, by following public opinion.
— Martin O'Malley
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