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The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of…

Quote byJohn Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton · 1834–1902

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Mary Gladstone (1881).

English (original)

The law of liberty tends to abolish the reign of race over race, of faith over faith, of class over class. It is not the realisation of a political ideal: it is the discharge of a moral obligation.

— John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton

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