John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

Liberty is the prevention of control by others.

John Dalberg-Acton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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It's been quite an experience, being conservative and living in the North East.

Ann Romney

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In my view, there is an urgent need to communicate with the public and help to explain where there is consensus, and where are there doubts about the issues of sustainable development.

Jeffrey Sachs

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As millions of Americans look for work, the Obama campaign and Democrats are attempting to distract attention away from this administration's dismal record. The attack they have launched against Mitt Romney shows just how worried they are about facing him in the general election.

Jeb Bradley

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I believe inspiration is contagious.

Amy Purdy

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I can see every monster as they come in.

Truman Capote

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When I got back into the film business after college, I started out as a production assistant.

Mike Lookinland

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Under the Assads, Kurds were forbidden from learning their own language at school, or even from speaking it in the military. The result is a generation of Syrian Kurds, many now in late middle age, who can't write their own language.

Luke Harding

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No one has hit the FARC harder than I. But all wars have to end at some point, and that requires a negotiated solution.

Juan Manuel Santos

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Our most important task is to transform our consciousness so that violence is no longer an option for us in our personal lives, that understanding that a world of peace is possible only if we relate to each other as peaceful beings, one individual at a time.

Deepak Chopra

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Working on such a big film was amazing. I learned a lot. There weren't too many stunts, just some doubling.

Christopher Parker

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A large part of the problem, is that young people are being born into the world and growing up without much hope. And so, they become murderers, they become suicide bombers.

Arthur Hertzberg

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Life is as tedious as twice-told tale, vexing the dull ear of a drowsy man.

William Shakespeare

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