LORD
ACTON
10 Jan 1834 - 19 Jun 1902
English
politician, historian, and professor, best known for his quote
"power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts
absolutely."
Acton was considered one of the most learned men of his age,
and was a great proponent of political and religious freedom.
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QUOTES
BY LORD EMERICH EDWARD DALBERG ACTON
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"The most certain test by which we judge whether a country
is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities."
[Liberty]
| [QoM] | from The History
of Freedom in Antiquity
"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 or the certainty of corruption by authority."
[Corruption, Human
Nature, Power] | from
a letter to Mandell Creighton dated April 5, 1887 |
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