From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
LORD ACTONA liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
More Lord Acton Quotes
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Do not turn yourself from an end into a means-one does not justify the other.
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Every class is unfit to govern.
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A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.
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Ink was not invented to express our real feelings.
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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 a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.
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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end…liberty is the only object which benefits all alike, and provokes no sincere opposition…
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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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