Quote by Lord Acton
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to d

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

Other quotes by Lord Acton

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. – Lord Acton

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Morning
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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

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History
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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

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Society
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Prestige is the shadow of money and power. – C. Wright Mills

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The measure of a man is what he does with power. – Plato

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I always tell my kids that as soon as you have a secret, something about you that you are ashamed to have others find out, you have given other people the power to hurt you by exposing you. – Ayelet Waldman

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power

The power of daring anything their fancy suggest, as always been conceded to the painter and the poet. – Horace

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power

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