Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
LORD ACTONThe test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
More Lord Acton Quotes
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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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.
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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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