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Guard against the prestige of ...

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.

John Acton 26 quotes

The fate of every democracy, o...

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.

John Acton 26 quotes

Power tends to corrupt, and ab...

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

John Acton 26 quotes

Liberty is the prevention of c...

Liberty is the prevention of control by others.

John Acton 26 quotes

Liberty is the condition of du...

Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.

John Acton 26 quotes

If the past has been an obstac...

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

John Acton 26 quotes

History provides neither compe...

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

John Acton 26 quotes

Far from being the product of ...

Far from being the product of a democratic revolution and of an opposition to English institutions, the constitution of the United States was the result of a powerful reaction against democracy, and in favor of the traditions of the mother country.

John Acton 26 quotes

By liberty I mean the assuranc...

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

John Acton 26 quotes

By a series of violent shocks,...

By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.

John Acton 26 quotes

Save for the wild force of Nat...

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

John Acton 26 quotes

Patriotism is in political lif...

Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.

John Acton 26 quotes

Guard against the prestige of ...

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.

John Acton 26 quotes

Guard against the prestige of ...

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.

John Acton 26 quotes

Everything secret degenerates,...

Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity

John Acton 26 quotes

The most certain test by which...

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

John Acton 26 quotes

The greatest men, you can quot...

The greatest men, you can quote for everything.

John Acton 26 quotes

The fate of every democracy, o...

The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.

John Acton 26 quotes

Save for the wild force of Nat...

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

John Acton 26 quotes

Liberty is the prevention of c...

Liberty is the prevention of control by others.

John Acton 26 quotes

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