Author: Lord Acton

Quotes

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

- Lord Acton

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

- Lord Acton

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

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

- Lord Acton

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.

- Lord Acton

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

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

- Lord Acton

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

- Lord Acton

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

- Lord 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.

- Lord Acton

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

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

- Lord Acton

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