Quotes by Lord Acton

About Lord Acton:

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton is perhaps best known for the remark, "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men." His key idea has been tested in laboratory settings under strongly incentivized conditions and with real manipulations of power and confirms what he has suggested: that power corrupts.
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

Lord Acton

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Lord Acton
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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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

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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Author Bio

  • NameLord Acton
  • DescriptionBritish politician
  • BornJanuary 10, 1834
  • DiedJune 19, 1902
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionPolitician; Historian; Educationist; Writer
  • AwardsKnight Commander Of The Royal Victorian Order