“Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.”
Lord Acton. John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO. It’s not by coincidence we share a name with the famous English historian who long championed liberty and free market principles. He lived from 1834 to 1902.
Per the Acton Institute’s website, “When he died in 1902, Lord Acton was considered one of the most learned people of his age, unmatched for the breadth, depth, and humanity of his knowledge. He has become famous to succeeding generations for his observation — learned through many years of study and first-hand experience—that “power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
Read the full biography here.
*Note – the Acton Foundation for Entrepreneurial Excellence (AFEE) and the Acton School of Business are not affiliated with the Acton Institute.
