Lord Acton Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

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

“Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.”

“The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.”

“Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.”

“The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.”

“Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.”

“Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.”