"Liberty is not a means to a higher……" — Lord Acton
"Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. It is not for the sake of a good public administration that it is required, but for the security in the pursuit of the highest objects of civil society, and of private life."
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Lord Acton
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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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