Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
Lord ActonI mourn for the stake which was lost at Richmond more deeply than I rejoice over that which was saved at Waterloo.
Lord ActonThe 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.
Lord Acton