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John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton

Born

in Naples, Italy

January 10, 1834

Died

June 19, 1902

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John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, and usually referred to simply as Lord Acton, was an English historian.

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Average rating: 3.83 · 363 ratings · 49 reviews · 301 distinct works

	Essays on Freedom and Power 3.81 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 1948 — 26 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures on Modern History 3.93 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 1906 — 88 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Writings: Essays in the History of Liberty by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, J. Rufus Fears (Editor) 4.15 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1985 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Freedom 3.79 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1993 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lectures on the French Revolution 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1910 — 81 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Collected Works of Lord Acton by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, John Neville Figgis (Editor), Reginald Vere Laurence (Editor) 4.43 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2011	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of Freedom and Other Essays 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1907 — 60 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selected Writings Of Lord Acton (3 Volume Set) 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1988 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Lecture on the Study of History 3.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2008 — 59 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Human Sacrifice 4.14 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.”
― Lord Acton

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“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”
― John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton

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“Absolute power corrupts absolutely”
― Lord Acton, Essays on Freedom and Power

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