Author: Lord Acton

Quotes

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

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

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

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

- Lord Acton

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

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

- Lord Acton

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

- Lord Acton

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that.

- Lord Acton

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

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

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