Lord Acton Quotes about Wisdom

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Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.

Lord Acton

Spiritual, Wisdom, Religious

"Faith in Freedom: Libertarian Principles and Psychiatric Practices". Book by Thomas Stephen Szasz, 2004.

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

Lord Acton

Wisdom, Freedom, Mean

Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom: Great Event”, p.19, VM eBooks

In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food

Lord Acton

Wisdom, Strong, Ignorance

John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.28, Jazzybee Verlag