Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.
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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.Lord Acton
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
Lord Acton
Socialism means slavery.
Lord Acton
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
Lord Acton
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
Lord Acton
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
Lord Acton
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