History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
LORD ACTONA people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom
More Lord Acton Quotes
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The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.
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Political differences essentially depend on disagreement in moral principles.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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Judge talent at its best and character at its worst.
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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The test of liberty is the position and security of minorities.
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In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress.
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Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
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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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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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Socialism means slavery.
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A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
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