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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| Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. |
| Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton |
| No country has suffered so much from the ruins of war while being at peace as the American |
| No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence |
| Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. |
| Resist your time - take a foothold outside it |
| The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. |
| The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers. |
| The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities |
| The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities |
| 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 fraud, in carrying elections |
| There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men |
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Proverb (1469539 st) Search
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Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
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