Lord Acton Quotes
Top 74 wise famous quotes and sayings by Lord Acton
Lord Acton Famous Quotes & Sayings
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A history that should pursue all the subtle threads from end to end might be eminently valuable, but not as a tribute to peace and conciliation.
Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.
Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing
It is very easy to speak words of wisdom from a comfortable distance, when one sees no reality, no details, none of the effect on men's minds.
The few have not strength to achieve great changes unaided; the many have not wisdom to be moved by truth unmixed.
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
Monarchy hardens into despotism. Aristocracy contracts into oligarchy. Democracy expands into the supremacy of numbers.
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power
power sufficient to interfere with property.
power sufficient to interfere with property.
A government does not desire its powers to be strictly defined, but the subjects require the line to be drawn with increasing precision.
The possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.
The finest opportunity ever given to the world was thrown away because the passion of equality made vain the hope for freedom.
The form of government and the condition of society must always correspond. Social equality is therefore a postulate of pure democracy.
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
Many things are better for silence than for speech: others are better for speech than for stationery.