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1. "Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites." ~ Lord Acton
2. "power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutley" ~ Lord Acton
3. "Judge talent at its best but character at its worst." ~ Lord Acton
4. "It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason." ~ Lord Acton
5. "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." ~ Lord Acton
6. "The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks." ~ Lord Acton
7. "I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money." ~ Lord Acton
8. "The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections." ~ Lord Acton
9. "To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice." ~ Lord Acton
10. "Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity." ~ Lord Acton
11. "Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity." ~ Lord Acton
12. "Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought." ~ Lord Acton
13. "The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern." ~ Lord Acton
14. "Socialism means slavery." ~ Lord Acton
15. "History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul." ~ Lord Acton
16. "Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end." ~ Lord Acton
17. "A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times." ~ Lord Acton
18. "Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith." ~ Lord Acton
19. "The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers." ~ Lord Acton
20. "There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye." ~ Lord Acton
21. "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." ~ Lord Acton
22. "There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men." ~ Lord Acton
23. "If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh." ~ Lord Acton
24. "Learn as much by writing as by reading." ~ Lord Acton

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Decide what you stand for. And then stand for it all the time."
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