Lord Acton Quote - Liberty Quotes Blog

"The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free
is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities."

by:	Lord Acton [John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton] (1834-1902), First Baron Acton of Aldenham
Source:	The History of Freedom in Antiquity, 1877
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Categories:	Democracy, Diversity, Equality, Individual Rights, Liberty, Security, Freedom
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If this is actually true, then we are in trouble as a country...but who didn't know that. -- KS, Queensbury,NY.
Wonderful and so apt at this moment in this so called democracy we live in. -- Anonymous
-- Gfields, Fort Worth TX
In response to KS of Queensbury: The guy who, by his own words, lives in a bubble and thinks everything is hunky-dory - GWB. -- Jodopo, Michigan
Not sure - George Bush says this country can only be free when ALL of us live in security. Hence the Homeland Security Act and the REAL ID act have been passed into law to ensure our freedom is securely locked down. -- George, Ohio
its strikingly true -- vijay krishnam raju penmatsa, india
-- David, LA
-- Anonymous
If this is acctually true, then we are in trouble as a country...but who didnt know that. -- Andrew Reguera, Warminster
Strike: "minorities" Insert: "its people" Other then that its right on. The purpose of government is to provide safty for the people. -- JoW, Utah
SWEET -- D
True and not true... what about the obscenely rich minority? -- Anonymous
Interestingly enough, it is because the efforts of that revolutionary minority that a country secures it liberties. -- Fredrick William Sillik, Anytown