Best Lord Acton Quotations
- False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the social… Aspiration
- The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed. Achieve
- There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys… Abel
- Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this. Certain
- Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and… Cannot Mature
- The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority. Democracy
- 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… Becomes
- Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history. Dignity
- Advice to Persons About to Write History - Don't. Advice
- Great men are almost always bad men. Almost Always
- It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. Bad
- History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches. Branch
- History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions. Dispute
- To develop and perfect and arm conscience is the great achievement of history. Achievement
- Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character. Artistic
- No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence. Character
- Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. Freedom
- Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Absolute
- To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice. Able
- Power corrupts.Absolute power corrupts absolutely. Absolute