"Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power." — Lord Acton
"Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power."
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95 Quotes by Lord Acton
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest…
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed…
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the…
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the…
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear…
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More Concentrates Quotes
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A virtuous man concentrates on his own work, not that of others.
— Zengzi
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All warfare is based on deception. Therefore, when capable, feign incapacity; when active, inactivity. When near, make it appear that…
— Sun Tzu
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Sometimes it happens that a man's circle of horizon becomes smaller and smaller, and as the radius approaches zero it…
— David Hilbert
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As a magnifying glass concentrates the rays of the sun into a little burning knot of heat that can set…
— Thomas Merton
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All in all, punishment hardens and renders people more insensible; it concentrates; it increases the feeling of estrangement; it strengthens…
— Friedrich Nietzsche
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You learn from music, from watching great athletes at work - how disciplined they are, how they move. You learn…
— Ernest Gaines
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Each work of art excludes the world, concentrates attention on itself. For the time it is the only thing worth…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Any man who concentrates his energies totally on one passion is, by definition, someone who hurts the people close to…
— Arsene Wenger
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To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. Whenever a man so concentrates his attention…
— Wystan Hugh Auden
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In the end it is nothing other than the loving kindness with which the woman cares for her child that…
— Gautama Buddha
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In her excellent, entirely readable Richard Wright, Hazel Rowley accomplishes what [previous biographer] Michel Fabre would have liked to do…
— Unknown Author
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The Warrior of the Light concentrates on the small miracles of daily life.
— Paulo Coelho
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