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| Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty |
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John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, KCVO (January 10, 1834 – June 19, 1902), was an English historian, the only son of Sir Ferdinand Dalberg-Acton, 7th Baronet and grandson of the Neapolitan admiral, Sir John Acton, 6th Baronet. He was born at Naples. ..." |
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| 10 Jan 1834, in Naples, Italy |
| Biography |
| Laissez Faire Books |
| Lord Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton (1834-1902), Religion and Liberty, Jan 1993 |
| Web Pages |
About Lord Acton
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty |
Acton Bio: The Online Library of Liberty
Includes several books, lectures and essays, in HTML and PDF format |
Lord Acton - Libertarian
Advocates for Self-Government |
| Articles |
| Great Thinkers: Lord Acton, by Jim Powell |
Lord Acton on Liberty and Government, by Gary M. Galles, Mises.org Daily Article, 11 Nov 2002
"Because of his concern with freedom, Lord Acton was intensely interested in and concerned about America's experiment in liberty. And he left no doubt about how important our founding was to the cause of liberty throughout the world ..." |
| Writings |
The Acton-Lee Correspondence, 4 Nov 1866
Exchange of letters between Lord Acton and Robert E. Lee
"I saw in State Rights the only availing check upon the absolutism of the sovereign will ... I believed that the example of that great Reform would have blessed all the races of mankind by establishing true freedom purged of the native dangers and disorders of Republics." |
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The History of Freedom in Antiquity, 26 Feb 1877
Related Topic: Liberty
Address to the members of the Bridgnorth Institute
"All that Socrates could effect by way of protest against the tyranny of the reformed Democracy was to die for his convictions. ... But when Christ said: 'Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's,' those words ... were the repudiation of absolutism and the inauguration of Freedom." |
| Books Authored |
Essays in Religion, Politics, and Morality: (Selected Writings of Lord Acton), 1988
Related Topic: Politics |
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