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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

~John Acton

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The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.

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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.

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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

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Liberty is the condition of duty, the guardian of conscience. It grows as conscience grows. The domains of both grow together. Liberty is safety from all hindrances, even sin. So that Liberty ends by being Free Will.

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

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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.

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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

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The greatest men, you can quote for everything.

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Historian

Born: January 10th, 1834

Died: June 19th, 1902

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