Author: Lord Acton

Quotes

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.

- Lord Acton

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

- Lord Acton

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

- 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

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

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

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

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

- 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

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