Books Quote by Lord Acton Download Open image “Government rules the present. Literature rules the future.” — Lord Acton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Government Literature Politics Time
“Literature is not at the service of the government; on the contrary, governments should do everything in their power to create a favourable climate… — Murong Xuecun Copy Share Image
“Our future depends on stories. As the world advances, literature has the ability to ground us—in our humanness, our imaginations, and our enlightenment.” — Pawan Mishra Copy Share Image
Literature is a far more ancient and viable thing than any social formation or state. And just as the state interferes in literature, literature… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Literature is the safe and traditional vehicle through which we learn about the world and pass on values from on generation to the next.… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
It's hard to know what [literature] will end up being timeless and what will be something that doesn't translate into the future, especially with… — Rick Riordan Copy Share Image
Literature hasn't come up with any new themes. The literature of all different times - it's still dealing with how one resolves issues of… — Gao Xingjian Copy Share Image
It seems to me that literature is giving way a little bit to the immediacy of other diversions, other forms of entertainment. What will… — James Salter 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
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
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