Author: John Acton

Quotes

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.

- John Acton

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

- John Acton

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

- John Acton

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.

- John Acton

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