"There is no worse heresy than that the……" — Lord Acton
"There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it."
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95 Quotes by Lord Acton
Lord Acton has 95 quotes on this site.
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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 Heresy Quotes
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one of 206 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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From heresy, frenzy and jealousy, good Lord deliver me.
— Ludovico Ariosto
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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the…
— Mikhail Bakunin
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Grown men do not need leaders.
— Edward Abbey
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The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under…
— Samuel Adams
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Progress, this great heresy of decay.
— Charles Baudelaire
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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Some people never go crazy, What truly horrible lives they must live.
— Charles Bukowski
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If you're losing your soul and you know it, then you've still got a soul left to lose.
— Charles Bukowski
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There will always be something to ruin our lives, it all depends on what or which finds us first. We…
— Charles Bukowski
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The biggest danger to the European Union comes not from those who advocate change, but from those who denounce new…
— David Cameron
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The more you can increase fear of drugs and crime, welfare mothers, immigrants and aliens, the more you control all…
— Noam Chomsky
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All over the place, from the popular culture to the propaganda system, there is constant pressure to make people feel…
— Noam Chomsky
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