Lord Acton Quotes about Politics

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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.

There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.

Lord Acton

Political, Mind, Politics

Lord Acton (1961). “Lectures on Modern History”

Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to the calculations of dispassionate politicians.

Lord Acton

Politics, Politician, Crime

John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.61, Jazzybee Verlag