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Category Archive: Lord Acton

Lord Acton Quote: “If some great catastrophe is not…”

If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.

July 11, 2021 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “Machiavelli’s teaching would hardly have stood…”

Machiavelli’s teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith.

February 21, 2021 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “There are two things which cannot…”

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

February 16, 2021 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “Every thing secret degenerates, even the…”

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

January 24, 2021 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “Socialism means slavery….”

Socialism means slavery.

January 23, 2021 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “Liberty is not the power of…”

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

November 11, 2020 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “Be not content with the best…”

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

July 9, 2020 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “The danger is not that a…”

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.

June 30, 2020 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise…”

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.

May 24, 2020 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

Lord Acton Quote: “The science of politics is the…”

The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.

February 21, 2020 1834, British, January 10, Lord Acton, Quotes by Historians

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