The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
Lord ActonLiberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right of being able to do what we ought.
Lord ActonAt all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.
Lord Acton