Lord Acton

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. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Lord Acton

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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks. ↗

— Lord Acton

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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. ↗

— Lord Acton

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

— Lord Acton

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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. ↗

— Lord Acton

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

— Lord Acton

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Socialism means slavery. ↗

— Lord Acton

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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. ↗

— Lord Acton

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Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. ↗

— Lord Acton

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