Those who have more power are liable to sin more; no theorem in geometry is more certain than this.
Lord ActonLimitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
Lord ActonThe most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
Lord ActonThe 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 Acton