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Knowledge Quotes by Lord Acton
- If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
- The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of…
- Liberty is the prevention of control by others. This requires self-control and, therefore, religious and spiritual influences; education, knowledge, well-being.
- History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.
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