Lord Acton Quotes About Justice

Quotes about: Justice

• Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.

  Lord Acton

  Justice, Diversity, Challenges

• By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes to be his duty against the influences of authority and majorities, custom and opinion.

  Lord Acton

  Believe, Mean, Men

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

• Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

  Lord Acton

  Reality, Justice, Political

  "Lord Acton and his Circle". Book by Abbot Gasquet, 1906.

• That great political idea, sanctifying freedom and consecrating it to God, teaching men to treasure the liberties of others as their own and to defend them for the love of justice and charity more than as a claim of right, has been the soul of what is great and good in the progress of the last two hundred years.

  Lord Acton

  Teaching, Men, Years

  Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom: Great Event”, p.47, VM eBooks

• Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.

  Lord Acton

  Justice, Mercy, Temper

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