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Lord Acton Quotes: The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.
         

The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.


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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.



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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.



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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.



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Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.



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It is easier to find people fit to govern themselves than people fit to govern others.



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