35 ordspråk av John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton föddes den January 10th 1834 och dog den 19 June 1902
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 (History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul |
| A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first element of freedom |
| 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. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| 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. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favorites |
| Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity |
| Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity |
| Everything secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity |
| Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority; but still more when they are super bad and add the tendency of the certainty of corruption of authority |
| Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing |
| History must be our deliverer not only from the undue influence of other times, but from the undue influence of our own, from the tyranny of environment and the pressures of the air we breathe |
| I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. |
| If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. |
| In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food |
| It takes a long time to understand nothing. |
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Proverb (1469544 st) Search
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