To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
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The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.Lord Acton
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
There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
Lord Acton
A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
Lord Acton
The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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 fraud, in carrying elections.
Lord Acton
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