The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were n…

Lord Acton
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The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. ✨ Lord Acton (2016). The History of Freedom: Great Event, p.9, VM eBooks
Learn as much by writing as by reading. ✨ Lectures on Modern History. Book by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, sourcebooks.fordham.edu. 1906.
Despotic power is always accompanied by corruption of morality.
Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force. ✨ Essays in the History of Liberty: Selected Writings of Lord Acton, 3 vols. Book by John Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1985-1988.
Government by idea tends to take in everything, to make the whole of society obedient to the idea. Spaces not so governed are unconquered, beyond the border, unconverted, a future danger.

The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.

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