Lord Acton Quotes About Atheism
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The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
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By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.
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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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Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.
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Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
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