The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities.... — 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
At all times sincere friends of freedom have been rare, and its triumphs have been due to minorities, that have prevailed by… — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
I have reached the end of my time, and have hardly come to the beginning of my task. — Lord Acton Copy Share Image
Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety… — 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
