It was from America that the plain ideas that men ought to mind their business, and that the nation is responsible to… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime, from the sowing of the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Neither an enlightened philosophy, nor all the political wisdom of Rome, nor even the faith and virtue of the Christians availed against… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The light that has guided us is still unquenched, and the causes that have carried us so far in the van of… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
The history of institutions is often a history of deception and illusions; for their virtue depends on the ideas that produce and on the… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Fanaticism displays itself in the masses; but the masses were rarely fanaticised; and the crimes ascribed to it were commonly due to the calculations… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
In England Parliament is above the law. In America the law is above Congress. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
It was from America that the plain ideas that men ought to mind their business, and that the nation is responsible to Heaven for… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Character is tested by true sentiments more than by conduct. A man is seldom better than his word. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Liberty and good government do not exclude each other; and there are excellent reasons why they should go together. Liberty is not a means… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
