Lord Acton on development
Lord Acton108 quotes“There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.”
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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
Lord ActonLord Acton History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
Lord ActonLord Acton Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
Lord ActonLord Acton The passion for power over others can never cease to threaten mankind, and is always sure of finding new and unforseen allies in continuing its martyrology.
Lord ActonLord Acton . It is the delicate fruit of a mature civilization; and scarcely a century has passed since nations, that knew the meaning of the term, resolved to be free.
Lord ActonLord Acton The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
Lord ActonLord Acton Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.
Lord ActonLord Acton In every age its progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man’s craving for power, and the poor man’s craving for food.
Lord ActonLord Acton Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.
Lord ActonLord Acton Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
Lord ActonLord Acton At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
Lord ActonLord Acton Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
Lord ActonLord Acton The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.
Lord ActonLord Acton Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
Lord ActonLord Acton Socialism means slavery.
Lord ActonLord 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.
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