Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality. John Dalberg-Acton Read Quote
There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion. John Dalberg-Acton Read Quote
Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. John Dalberg-Acton Read Quote
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. John Dalberg-Acton Read Quote
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times. John Dalberg-Acton Read Quote
The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. John Dalberg-Acton Read Quote
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. John Dalberg-Acton Read Quote
