The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
LORD ACTONA public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.
More Lord Acton Quotes
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
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The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
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Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the seed at Athens, 2,460 years ago, until the ripened harvest was gathered by men of our race
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Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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Official truth is not actual truth.
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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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For centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate.
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
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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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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together.
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The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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