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Lord Acton: Historical and Moral Essays

Heroes of Liberty

Portrait of Marie Poussepin

Marie Poussepin

1653-1744

Manasseh Cutler

Manasseh Cutler

1742 - 1823

Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko

Blessed Fr. Jerzy Popiełuszko

1947–1984

Sister Mary

Sister Mary Kenneth Keller

1913 - 1985

Penrose Theory of the Growth of the Firm book cover

1914 - 1996

Aldo Leopold

1887 – 1948

Ostrom

1933–2012

Michael Novak

1933 - 2017

Lucretia Mott

1793 - 1880

Thomas C. Oden

1931 - 2016

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton

1757 - 1854

Jeremias Gotthelf

Jeremias Gotthelf

1797 - 1854

"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

-Lord Acton

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