Quotes about John Acton

Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows....

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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is...

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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

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Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English...

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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what...

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By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off...

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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is...

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The greatest men, you can quote for everything.

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The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people,...

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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not...

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.

#John Acton