All Lord Acton Quotes
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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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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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
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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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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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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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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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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.
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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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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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