Quotes - John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton.

John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO DL (10 January 1834 – 19 June 1902)—known as Sir John Dalberg-Acton, 8th Baronet, from 1837 to 1869 and usually referred to simply as Lord Acton—was an English Catholic historian, politician, and writer.

He is perhaps best known for the remark:

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

- "Great men are almost always bad men."

This idea has been tested in laboratory settings. *(Wikipedia)

The above quotes have been found to be re-quoted time and again by everyone, without giving credit to this great statesman:

It is surprising how relevant his third quote is even today :

- "The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections."