John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

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

John Dalberg-Acton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902

Topics

JusticeNothingBearSecretSafe

I'm from all over the Northeast.

Jim Coleman

OverNortheast

President Obama and Hillary Clinton most definitely signaled to Islamic State leaders that they had no intention of seriously challenging them, or even of calling radical Islamic terrorism by its name.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

NameIntentionTerrorismSeriously

As a kid, you get to the stage where you realise the gender barriers that exist in society and what you're supposed to do and not supposed to do.

Andreja Pejic

SocietyGenderYouBarriersKidGet

If you can contribute 45 minutes - one hour a day a week exercising, you're going to be a healthy person. You can cut down on diabetes and all of these manmade problems we have. I do embrace the fact that I can maybe be a voice for people to realize that it's not as hard that people think. I'm a pretty passionate person.

Mehcad Brooks

DayPeopleVoiceProblemsThinkYou

I absolutely loved my time at 'Brothers & Sisters,' what I learned and everything that went with it. It was an incredibly formative time for me.

Matthew Rhys

TimeMeLovedEverythingAbsolutely

Maybe it's because I'm a little naive, but I do like to think that there aren't really very many truly bad people in the world. I think that everybody has their reasons for what they do, and if you really look through their eyes, you could probably understand them.

Stephenie Meyer

EyesPeopleWorldThinkBad People

You don't want to play a character you can't inhabit or commit to fully.

Stockard Channing

CharacterYouPlayWantCommit

The public has been sold a bill of goods about the free market being a panacea for mankind.

Tom Scholz

FreeMankindMarketBeenFree Market

People say how come I'm from Scotland yet I sound like the Queen?! I went to boarding school in Somerset, which has probably got something to do with it.

Rose Leslie

SchoolQueenPeopleSaySoundCome

Virtue rejects facility to be her companion. She requires a craggy, rough and thorny way.

Michel de Montaigne

WayVirtueSheHerCompanionRough

I think the best place to work in football is England.

Jose Mourinho

WorkBestFootballThinkPlace

My mother is like a character who escaped from the set of a Fellini film. She's a whole performing universe of her own. Activists would run a mile from her because they could not deal with what she is.

Arundhati Roy

MotherCharacterUniverseRunShe

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