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TABITHAKWA50142: Imagine a congress of eminent celebrities such as More Bacon Grotius Pascal Cromwell Bossuet Montesquieu Jefferson Napoleon Pitt etc. They would be an Encyclopedia of Errors.,Lord Acton,failures, mistakes,

CerebralWisdom: A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom. - Lord Acton

SachinK1606: Im not a driven businessman but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. -Lord Acton

yusdinurusman: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely (Lord Acton).

CerebralWisdom: A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom. - Lord Acton

LPBexar: Essays on Freedom and Power by Lord Acton (free pdf book)

4Jackmanhammer: "Power tends to corrupts. . . ." Lord Acton was on to it. Now we are re-discovering. The control apparatus in D.C. is too large/powerful. . .The circumstances and timing of an IRS visit to journalist Matt Taibbi raise serious questions.

Farazkhetran36: "There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion." - Lord Acton.

JurisDrHammad: Powers tend to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. There's no worse heresy than that the office sanctifies its holder.~Lord Acton

welikalaa: In the 19C history of ideas on nations and nationalisms, this meant basically: Lord Acton 0, JS Mill 1. A result which would play havoc with the peace and stability of the post-colonial world in the whole of the 20C.

mishra_maliram: Lord Acton said power tends to corrupt absolute power corrupt absolutely. It is for general thinking peoples. George barand Shaw said power never corrupt people,but pakhandi peoples corrupt power. As such all are requested to see scenario of nation.

CerebralWisdom: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. - Lord Acton

CerebralWisdom: 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

FranRN: I choose Lord Acton. Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. And other witty sayings. Power corrupts GOP and absolute power corrupts GOP absolutely.

hardeyholuwar: “Government rules the present. Literature rules the future” - Lord Acton

fanickattack: "Power tends to corrupt, absolute power corrupt absolutely" - Lord Acton

JockObushveldt: "Freedom consists of the distribution of power and despotism in it's concentration." ~Lord Acton

Steven_j_logan: Rarely are they mustache twirling villains. Lord Acton's axiom about power corrupting has been proven true over and over again. Good people take ethical shortcuts for good motivations.

RwPerspective: 1) "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" Lord Acton But absolute power is suicidal power; because it's power that knows neither limit nor has limit. What doesn't have limits is dangerous, especially to those who know neither limits nor have limits.

Yr_AMBASSADOR: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." – Lord Acton

CerebralWisdom: Socialism means slavery. - Lord Acton

jupiterxc: John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton - Wikipedia

tadiwatawanda: "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority: still more when u superadd the tendency or the certainty of corruption." - Lord Acton

baccantuscany: “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” --Lord Acton

KeithRanker1: Lord Acton quotes: Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought. Liberty enables us to do our duty unhindered by the state, by society, by ignorance & error. We are free in proportion as we are safe from these impediments...

CerebralWisdom: It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. - Lord Acton

AbuzarKhaleeq: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." – Lord Acton

Zain_music: Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely - Lord Acton

harrison_daka: " Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. a great man is almost always a bad man" per Lord Acton 1887

steve_hanke: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." – Lord Acton

PEOOD15: "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 [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham

SuperMokoena: "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely" Lord Acton - "Having no power even corrupts more absolutely" Malcolm X

CerebralWisdom: Liberty is not a means to a political end. It is itself the highest political end. - Lord Acton

CerebralWisdom: Socialism means slavery. - Lord Acton

LawLibertyOrder: The correspondence between Lord Acton and General Lee after the War. Acton and Lee: A Conversation on Liberty

AtlasBatterie: a classical liberal is herein defined as anyone more naive than Lord Acton...

KevinRDickinson: Lord Acton’s famous aphorism is often written as: “Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” In fact, Acton wrote that "power tends to corrupt" and that makes all the difference to the power paradox (and the office cookie jar.)

BankableInsight: A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom. - Lord Acton

CerebralWisdom: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men. - Lord Acton

joanmeesem: power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. lord acton

lordwhitesin: The ineffectiveness of checks and balances or the absence of them in any political sphere will always give birth to one thing; Anarchy. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"– Lord Acton.

BankableInsight: Socialism means slavery. - Lord Acton

andrew__burnett: Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. — Lord Acton

hunter72298: “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” –Lord Acton

LawLibertyOrder: “A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.” Lord Acton

LawLibertyOrder: “Divided, or rather multiplied, authorities are the foundation of good government.” Lord Acton

LawLibertyOrder: “The object of civil society is justice, not truth, virtue, wealth, knowledge, glory or power. Justice is followed by equality and liberty.” Lord Acton

inawulot: "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; still more when you superadd the tendency of the certainty of corruption by authority.” -Lord Acton

CerebralWisdom: The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. - Lord Acton

CerebralWisdom: A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom. - Lord Acton

maqary: “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely” Lord Acton.

Peermatloob: Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.. Lord Acton. So true.

GeorgeS02192956: Kevin McCarthy is absolute proof of Lord Acton’s “Power Corrupts”!

lastdays58: Because the Old Testament is addressed mainly to the rich and powerful (Matthew 11:5), verses 2-4 apposite. Lord Acton said, 'All power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely.' We have no right to opt out from the psalm because of the lack of power.

MrMaitra: Reading a bit of either Lord Acton or James Madison on the nature of power would have clarified why.

_ROB_29: “Bureaucracy is undoubtedly the weapon and sign of a despotic government, inasmuch as it gives whatever government it serves, despotic power.” – Lord Acton

hunter72298: “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” –Lord Acton

Steve54712762: Lord Acton quote - “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men”. Horror of Putin's 'carefully designed' plan to eradicate Ukraine

pakdn: The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion for equality made vain the hope for freedom. —Lord Acton

coachdrneil: “Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts absolutely”(Lord Acton). I agree that power tends to corrupt. I’m not sure that absolute power corrupts absolutely. I believe my moral code not to hurt people unnecessarily would keep me from being corrupt if I had absolute power.

vcbacardi: “Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.” — Lord Acton

sadinmach: "Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely." -Lord Acton

Robert3names: 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, The History of Freedom and Other Essays [1907]

cgcromer08: “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” –Lord Acton

TomSouther1: 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, The History of Freedom and Other Essays [1907]

fox_vigo: 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, The History of Freedom and Other Essays [1907]

_ROB_29: Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited. – Lord Acton

Shootboss: “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, The History of Freedom and Other Essays [1907]

_ROB_29: 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

1952ramaswami1: “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton.

1952ramaswami1: “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton.

1952ramaswami1: “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton.

1952ramaswami1: “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton.

1952ramaswami1: “Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.” Lord Acton.

AuthorNobles: “The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.” - Lord Acton

_Deepika04: Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely ~Lord Acton

yudel: It turns out that their is no exemption from Lord Acton's dictate for those who put on tefilin every morning. Sad.

bantuh: “Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely" Lord Acton's words after getting a dream on whats happening in kenya.

RanjanK72769097: "Power tends to corrupt,and absolute power corrupts absolutely.-lord acton

JeffreyAMelton: "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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DickFreeman10: "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

MFtworth: "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 [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham

KearjrMike: “Although we had been warned by some of the greatest political thinkers of the nineteenth century, by Tocqueville and Lord Acton, that socialism means slavery, we have steadily moved in the direction of socialism.”

USA_TUT: Quote of the Day “Liberty becomes a question of morals more than of politics.” -Lord Acton

CerebralWisdom: A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom. - Lord Acton

EmailNinja_: "I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money." — Lord Acton

ShcamViking511: 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,Power, Men, Remember ,

SPICYCASPY1959: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." ~Lord John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton (1834 - 1902) The sooner one understands that this statement is true, the better one understands the world of "men".

wissamlovee2222: “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” –Lord Acton

Mansoor37173717: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute Power corrupts absolutely." These words of Lord Acton explain the situation in Pakistan amazingly.

JMBernK: Masha, wherever you are, I hope you are at peace, you were taken cruelly & far too soon. Lord Acton was so correct when he said .... absolute power corrupts absolutely. Those who wield this power need to be held responsible for their crimes against humanity.

sooosoo9010: “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” –Lord Acton

OldEeschool: "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men…" Lord Acton

DocSandlin: “Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.” Lord Acton

ParadigmShiftPK: Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton's words can also be applicable to free speech.

bourne_2_learn: "There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion." [Lord Acton, English historian, 1834-1902]

CerebralWisdom: The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. - Lord Acton

ChaseKimball9: "In the Sixteenth Century, beside the fanaticism of freedom, there was an abject idolatry of power; and laws both human and divine were made to yield to the intoxication of authority and the reign of will." Lord Acton, from “The Massacre of St. Bartholomew.”

maaaaaa6658: “History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.” –Lord Acton



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