John Dalberg Acton quotes

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

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.

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

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

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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

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

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

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

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

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

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.