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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few han

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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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. – Lord Acton

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Machiavellis teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. – Lord Acton

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

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The past actually happened but history is only what someone wrote down. – A. Whitney Brown, The Big Picture

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