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Men Quotes by Lord Acton
- 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…
- There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
- By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of…
- Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word.
- Before men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.
- Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still…
- Before God, there is neither Greek nor barbarian, neither rich nor poor, and the slave is as good as his master, for by birth all…
- 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 convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
- 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…
- Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.
- In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of…
- I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favorable presumption that they do no wrong.…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- Great men are almost always bad men.
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