(28 quotes found)
“There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye”
John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton
“Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“It takes a long time to understand nothing.”
“Absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“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”
“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. All power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
“Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favorites”
“(History is) not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul”
“Never be surprised at the crumbling of an idol or the disclosure of a skeleton”
