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Only Quotes by Lord Acton
- There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary…
- A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
- Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety of the power…
- The principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder…
- Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end...liberty is the only object which benefits all alike,…
- Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited.
- A liberal is only a bundle of prejudices until he has mastered, has understood, experienced the philosophy of Conservatism.
- Liberty has not only enemies which it conquers, but perfidious friends, who rob the fruits of its victories: Absolute democracy, socialism.
- There is no evidence to support the belief that Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev ever questioned Americas power. He questioned only the President's John F. Kennedys…
- Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
- History is not only a particular branch of knowledge, but a particular mode and method of knowledge in other branches.
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