Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

- Lord Acton

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 frau…

- Lord Acton

Feudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.

- Lord Acton

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing

- Lord Acton

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…

- Lord Acton

Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force.

- Lord Acton

Official truth is not actual truth.

- Lord Acton

Socialism means slavery.

- Lord Acton

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

- Lord Acton