Class Quote by Lord Acton Download Open image “The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.” — Lord Acton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Class Danger Government Particular Politics
No class is safe unless government is so arranged that each class has in its hands the means of protecting itself. That is the… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
There is nothing more dangerous than a government of the many controlled by the few. — Lawrence Lessig Copy Share Image
“In politics there are no perfectly safe courses; prudence consists in choosing the least dangerous ones.” — Waxkeep Publishing Copy Share Image
The trouble with the lower classes is that they lack the sense of tragedy given to them by the upper classes. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Put simply, no one in state government can create new specially protected classes except the General Assembly with the concurrence of the Governor. — Ken Cuccinelli Copy Share Image
The more a ruling class is able to assimilate the most prominent men of a ruled class, the more solid and dangerous its rule. — Karl Marx Copy Share Image
The danger in our system is that the general government, which represents the interests of the whole, may encroach on the states, which represent… — John C. Calhoun 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
Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
If I had to guess and put a name on it, I'd say that at some point, the drug war was as much a… — David Simon Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
I certainly don't think that the heirs of the American Revolution were a particularly noble class. — H. W. Brands Copy Share Image
You’re crazy,” said her best friend, Angela, as the bell rang to signal five minutes before the first class on the first day back… — Sarah Rees Brennan Copy Share Image
Because there are three classes of intellects: one which comprehends by itself; another which appreciates what others comprehend; and a third which neither comprehends… — Niccolo Machiavelli Copy Share Image
Right now, for many Americans, class is being foregrounded like never before because of the economic situation. It doesn't mean that race doesn't matter,… — Bell Hooks Copy Share Image
But I don't think the Democratic Party is at eye level with the middle class. — Anonymous Copy Share Image