Quote by Lord Acton (1834-1902)

• 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.

• Learn as much by writing as by reading.

• The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

• Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

• The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

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