Lord Acton
Lord Acton (John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 1834–1902) was a leading 19th-century historian in the classical-liberal tradition. He watched the growth of the United States with great interest, and lamented the decline of states' rights and federalism. While he was a prolific writer and speaker. Hus great work, a history of freedom, was never completed.
QUOTES FROM Lord Acton
Liberty is not the means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
Liberty is the prevention of control by others
The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the banks
Lord Acton
