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| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
| NUMBER: | 2707 |
| QUOTATION: | Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | John Emerich Edward Dalberg, 1st Baron Acton (1834–1902), British historian. letter, Jan. 23, 1861. Lord Acton and his Circle, letter 74, ed. Abbot Gasquet (1906). |
| The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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