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.
-- John Acton
   
John Acton   Name:
John Acton
Type:
Historian
Nationality:
English
Birth:
January 10, 1834
Death:
June 19, 1902
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