Category - John Dalberg-Acton

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John Dalberg-Acton

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

– John Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

– John Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

Liberty is the prevention of control by others.

– John Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

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 Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

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 Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

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 Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

The greatest men, you can quote for everything.

– John Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

– John Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

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

– John Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

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

– John Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

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 Dalberg-Acton

John Dalberg-Acton

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

– John Dalberg-Acton

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