In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural en…

Lord Acton
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In every age its (liberty's) progress has been beset by its natural enemies, by ignorance and superstition, by lust of conquest and by love of ease, by the strong man's craving for power, and the poor man's craving for food ✨ John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). The History of Freedom (and other Essays), p.28, Jazzybee Verlag
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