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Lord Acton
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"Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality."
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Lord Acton
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Mom
"There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye."
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Lord Acton
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Women
"Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought."
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Lord Acton
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Strength
"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
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Lord Acton
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Positive
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
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Lord Acton
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Music
"Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin."
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Lord Acton
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Nature
"If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh."
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Lord Acton
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Movies
"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul."
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Lord Acton
Topic(s):
Movies
"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."
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Lord Acton
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Money
"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern."
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Lord Acton
Topic(s):
Money
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