Lord Acton

Quote link. Other quotes about: bad power people worse: "It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. For there is a reserve of latent power in the masses which, if it is called into play, the minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason."
Quote link.: "Learn as much by writing as by reading."
Quote link.: "Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end."
Quote link. Other quotes about: power: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Quote link. Other quotes about: class: "The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern."
Quote link. Other quotes about: duty right man country: "The man who prefers his country before any other duty 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 link. Other quotes about: country: "The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities."