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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.

Quote by Lord Acton about moral, consequences, morality, wealth, society, man, rightness

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern.

Quote by Lord Acton about danger

The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.

Quote by Lord Acton

The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the party that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.

Quote by Lord Acton about elections, democracy, force, police

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Quote by Lord Acton about evolution, ignorance, things

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

Quote by Lord Acton about past, life

O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue with which to praise the Lord. It utters a thousand pious follies, in a continuous endeavor to please Him who thus possesses it.

Quote by Sfanta Tereza De Avila about saints, praise, state, soul, god

This man is freed from servile bands, Of hope to rise, or fear to fall; Lord of himself, though not of lands, And leaving nothing, yet hath all.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about fall, fear, hope, nothing, man

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert within.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona

O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about help, purity

Oh Lord, give me chastity, but do not give it yet.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona

Who can map out the various forces at play in one soul? Man is a great depth, O Lord. The hairs of his head are easier by far to count than his feeling, the movements of his heart.

Quote by Augustin de Hipona about force, heads, soul, heart, man

My favourite all-time work of fiction: Lord of the Rings. My favourite all-time nonfiction book: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Ask me again next week, you'll get a different answer.

Quote by Orson Scott about fiction, time, work, contentment

I can't sing it in no nightclub. People can't put their minds on the Lord in a place like that.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about nation, people

It is easy to be independent when you've got money. But to be independent when you haven't got a thing, that's the Lord's test.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about tests, haven, money, things, contentment

O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.

Quote by William Penn about opinion, help

The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

Quote by Lord Acton about man, rightness, authority, duty, state, country, spirit

It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.

Quote by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart about god, consolation, faith, children, love

The human being is not the lord of beings, but the shepherd of Being.

Quote by Martin Heidegger about people, being, human imperfections

This Divine truth flows into heaven from the Lord from His Divine love.

Quote by Emanuel Swedenborg about truth, love