Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil.… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
It is they [men of science] who hold the secret of the mysterious property of the mind by which error ministers to… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The idea that the object of constitutions is not to confirm the predominance of any interest, but to prevent it; to preserve… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power -- power sufficient to interfere with property. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The history of institutions is often a history of deception and illusions; for their virtue depends on the ideas that produce and on the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to the calculations… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
It was from America that the plain ideas that men ought to mind their business, and that the nation is responsible to Heaven for… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
![“It is they [men of science] who hold the secret of the mysterious property of the mind by which error ministers to truth, and truth slowly but irrevocably prevails. Theirs is the logic of discovery, the demonstration of the advance of knowledge and the development of ideas, which as the earthly…” quote by Lord Acton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/699/lord-acton-3040_charter_it-is-they-men-of-science-who-hold-the-s_2071076.jpg)
