Emerich Edward Dalbert
"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. "
"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to govern. "
"The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities. "
"There are two things which cannot be attacked in front ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion. "