Lord Acton Quotes & Sayings

“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

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

“Learn as much by writing as by reading.”

“Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.”

“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.”

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

“To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.”

“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.”

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