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Lord Acton Quotes & Sayings
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26 entries tagged including 6 subtopics.
Last updated Mar 2024
Lord Acton Topics
Government
History
Catastrophe
Control
Liberty
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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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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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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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The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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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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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Socialism means slavery.
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Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
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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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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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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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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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