The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
LORD ACTONBefore God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all men are free; they are citizens of the universal commonwealth which embraces all the world, brethren of one family, and children of God.
More Lord Acton Quotes
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Official truth is not actual truth.
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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.
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Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when you superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption by authority.
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From the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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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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Every class is unfit to govern.
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The will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
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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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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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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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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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There are many things the government cant do, many good purposes it must renounce. It must leave them to the enterprise of others. It cannot feed the people. It cannot enrich the people. It cannot teach the people. It cannot convert the people.
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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
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