Uma sicabanga ngalombhalo, yisiphi isitatimende sikaJohn Dalberg-Acton esidume kunazo zonke, futhi wasisho kubani?
Context:UJohn Emerich Edward Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton, 13th Marquess of Groppoli, KCVO, DL (10 January 1834 <unk> 19 June 1902), owaziwa kangcono njengo Lord Acton, wayengumlando wamaKatolika waseNgilandi, usopolitiki nombhali. Ukhunjulwa kakhulu ngamazwi awasho encwadini ayibhalela umbhishobhi waseSheshi ngo - 1887:  "Amandla athambekele ekonakaliseni, futhi amandla aphelele onakalisa ngokuphelele. Amadoda amakhulu cishe njalo angamadoda amabi... "  Ngo-1870, kanye nomeluleki wakhe uDöllinger, u-Acton waphikisana nokunyakaza kokumemezela imfundiso yokungenaphutha kukapapa eMkhandlwini Wokuqala WaseVatican, waya eRoma ukuyothonya ngokumelene nayo, ekugcineni engaphumelelanga. Ngokungafani noDöllinger, u-Acton akazange abe yi-Old Catholic, futhi waqhubeka nokuya eMiseni njalo; wathola amasiko okugcina embhedeni wakhe wokufa. ISonto LamaKatolika alizange lizame ukumcindezela. Kwakungalesi simo lapho, encwadini ayibhalela isazi nomfundisi uMandell Creighton, ngo-April 1887, u-Acton enza isimemezelo sakhe esidume kakhulu:  Kodwa uma singaxoxa ngaleli phuzu kuze kube yilapho sithola ukuthi cishe siyavumelana, futhi uma sivumelana ngokuphelele ngokungahambisani nokumangalelwa kukaCarlyle kanye nobuFarisi emlandweni, angikwazi ukwamukela isimiso sakho sokuthi kumelwe sahlulele uPapa neNkosi ngokungafani nabanye abantu, ngokucabanga okuhle kokuthi abenzanga lutho olubi. Uma kukhona ukuzikhukhumeza, kungokunye, ngokumelene nabanamandla, okwandayo njengoba amandla ekhula. Umthwalo wemfanelo ongokomlando kumelwe uqede ukungabi khona komthwalo wemfanelo ongokomthetho. Amandla athambekele ekonakaliseni, futhi amandla aphelele onakalisa ngokuphelele. Amadoda amakhulu cishe njalo angamadoda amabi, ngisho nalapho enethonya hhayi igunya, ngisho nangokwengeziwe lapho unezela ukuthambekela noma ukuqiniseka kokonakala ngegunya. Ayikho imfundiso yamanga embi ukwedlula leyo yokuthi isikhundla singcwelisa umnikazi waso. Yilapho-ke lapho ukuphika ubuKatolika nokuphika ubuLebheral kuhlangana khona futhi kugcine umkhosi ophakeme, futhi umgomo ufunda ukuthethelela izindlela. Ubungamphanyeka umuntu ongenaso isikhundla njengoRavaillac; kodwa uma lokho umuntu akuzwayo kuyiqiniso, khona-ke u-Elizabeth wacela umgcini-jele ukuba abulale uMary, futhi uWilliam III waseNgilandi wayala isikhonzi sakhe saseScotland ukuba siqede isizwe. Lapha kunamagama amahle kakhulu ahambisana namacala amabi kakhulu; ubungeke ubulale lezo zigebengu, ngesizathu esithile esingaqondakali. Ngingabaphakamisa ngaphezu kukaHamani, ngenxa yezizathu zokulunga okusobala, ngisho nangaphezulu, ngisho nangaphezulu ngenxa yesayensi yomlando.  Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi kuqhubeke wagwema izimpikiswano ezingokwenkolo. Wazinikezela ekufundeni, ekutadisheni nasekuhlanganeni nomphakathi. Naphezu kwawo wonke amakhono akhe okutadisha, wayeyindoda yezwe nendoda yezindaba, hhayi umuntu othanda ukufunda. Okuwukuphela kokushicilelwa kwakhe okuphawulekayo kwakuyi-eseyi yobungcweti ku-Quarterly Review kaJanuwari 1878 ethi "Democracy in Europe"; izinkulumo ezimbili ezinikezwe eBridgnorth ngo-1877 ezithi "The History of Freedom in Antiquity" kanye ne- "The History of Freedom in Christianity" - lezi zokugcina yizona kuphela izingxenye ezibonakalayo azihlanganisa naye "Umlando Wenkululeko" wakhe owawuvele usanda kuqalwa; kanye ne-eseyi yezazi-mlando zaseJalimane zanamuhla kumagazini wokuqala we-English Historical Review, asiza ekutholeni (1886). Ngemva kuka-1879 wahlukanisa isikhathi sakhe phakathi kweLondon, iCannes, neTegernsee eBavaria, ejabulela futhi ephindisela umphakathi wabangane bakhe. Ngo-1872 wayethole iziqu zokuhlonishwa njengoDokotela Wefilosofi yiNyuvesi yaseMunich; ngo-1888 iCambridge yamnika iziqu zokuhlonishwa njengoDokotela Wezomthetho, kwathi ngo-1889 i-Oxford yamnika iziqu zoDokotela Wezomthetho Womphakathi; kwathi ngo-1890 wathola udumo oluphakeme lwezemfundo lokuba ngumngane we-All Souls College, e-Oxford.
Encwadini ayibhalela uMandell Creighton, uJohn Dalberg-Acton washo amazwi adume kakhulu: "Amandla athambekele ekonakaliseni, futhi amandla aphelele onakalisa ngokuphelele. Amadoda amakhulu cishe ngaso sonke isikhathi angamadoda amabi, ngisho nalapho enethonya hhayi igunya, ngisho nangokwengeziwe lapho unezela ukuthambekela noma ukuqiniseka kokonakala kwegunya".