Acton Quotes

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. -John Dalberg

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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. -John Dalberg

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Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. -John Dalberg

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Socialism means slavery. -John Dalberg

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

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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. -John Dalberg

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Learn as much by writing as by reading. -John Dalberg

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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice. -John Dalberg

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Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. -John Dalberg

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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye. -John Dalberg

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If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. -John Dalberg

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