Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
Lord ActonThere are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
Lord ActonBefore men can find peace and harmony within themselves they must first fall in love with their country.
Lord ActonAt all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by associating themselves with auxiliaries whose objects often differed from their own; and this association, which is always dangerous, has sometimes been disastrous.
Lord Acton