Lord Acton Quotes about Evil

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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority.

Lord Acton

Democracies Have, Majority Rule, Evil

John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.103, Jazzybee Verlag

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.

Lord Acton

Men, Evil, Sacred

The State is competent to assign duties and draw the line between good and evil only in its immediate sphere. Beyond the limits of things necessary for its well-being, it can only give indirect help to fight the battle of life by promoting the influences which prevail against temptation--religion, education, and the distribution of wealth.

Lord Acton

Fighting, Evil, Giving

John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.30, Jazzybee Verlag

Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.

Lord Acton

Pain, Men, Evil

Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom: Great Event”, p.224, VM eBooks