It is worth remembering more of Lord Acton than his most famous quote.

Lord Acton on the Meaning of Freedom

by Gary M. Galles

It is worth remembering more of Lord Acton than his most famous quote. After all, as his Acton Institute biography states, "he was considered one of the most learned people of his age, unmatched for the breadth, depth, and humanity of his knowledge," and "became known as one of the most articulate defenders of religious and political freedom" in the 19th century.
IT IS EASIER TO FIND PEOPLE FIT TO GOVERN THEMSELVES THAN PEOPLE TO GOVERN OTHERS

" Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

Many Americans can identify the author as Lord Acton. But that is about all they know about John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton–First Baron Acton of Aldenham. That is a pity, because, according to Stephen Tonsor, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Michigan, Acton was both "the most knowledgeable foreign observer of American affairs in the nineteenth century," and deeply concerned about "the threat to freedom from centralized governmental absolutism, the tyranny of the majority, bureaucratic administration, democracy and socialism," threats which have hardly been vanquished today.

It is worth remembering more of Lord Acton than his most famous quote. After all, as his Acton Institute biography states, "he was considered one of the most learned people of his age, unmatched for the breadth, depth, and humanity of his knowledge," and "became known as one of the most articulate defenders of religious and political freedom" in the 19th century.

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