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Class Quotes by Lord Acton
- The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
- Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety of the power…
- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike,…
- A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts…
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