Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power … - Lord Acton

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Lord Acton

Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.

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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

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Men cannot be made good by the state, but they can easily be made bad. Morality depends on liberty.

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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

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I loathe the mess of mean superstitions and misunderstood prophecies which is still rammed down the throats of children under the name of Christianity.

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