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September 23, 2025

Almost all that has been done for the good of the people has been done since the rich lost the monopoly of power, since the rights of property were discovered to be not unlimited.

Lord Acton (1834–1902), English historian, Letters to Mary Gladstone (1904), Seldes p.4

Did you expect to read that from a member of the aristocracy?

Good news for those who cherish democracy. But, as to be expected, the newer rich are again monopolizing power and seek to make absolute the rights of property.


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