John Dalberg-Acton (English - Historian)
January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
Socialism means slavery.
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
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