Lord Acton Quotes (10+)

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The issue which has swept down the centuries is the people versus the banks.

Socialism means slavery.

The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last.

Official truth is not actual truth.

History is the arbiter of controversy, the monarch of all she surveys.

There is no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies the holder of it.

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

About the Author

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), was an English Catholic historian and writer. He is famously quoted for 'Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely,' and was a staunch advocate for individual liberty and historical truth.