Maxioms by Lord Acton
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different read more
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying read more
The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For read more
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.
