Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
LORD ACTONIt is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
More Lord Acton Quotes
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Fanaticism in religion is the alliance of the passions she condemns with the dogmas she professes.
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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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The strong man with the dagger is followed by the weak man with the sponge.
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Great men are almost always bad men.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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. 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.
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I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task.
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I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.
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Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
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Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.
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There should be a law to the People besides its own will.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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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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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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I’m not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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