Disputes Quote by Lord Acton Download Open image “History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions.” — Lord Acton ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.5 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Disputes Documents Evasion History Inspirational Opinion
History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side. — John Betjeman Copy Share Image
At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history; one must defend history itself. — E. P. Thompson Copy Share Image
“I know quite well why I became a historian.... It was because dissension was frowned upon when I was a child: 'Don't argue, Claudia,'… — Penelope Lively Copy Share Image
Caution in handling generally accepted opinions that claim to explain whole trends of history is especially important for the historian of modern times, because… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“Certainly every historian brings certain predilections to the study of history. But every historian also has the ethical obligation to suspend judgment until finding… — George M. Dennison Copy Share Image
If a man could say nothing against a character but what he can prove, history could not be written. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
But every historical statement and legitimization itself moves within a certain relation to history. — Martin Heidegger Copy Share Image
“The people who criticize me are ignorant of what history is, because the very fact that the student of history chooses what to include… — Teodoro A. Agoncillo Copy Share Image
Now, whenever you read any historical document, you always evaluate it in light of the historical context. — Josh McDowell 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
One lesson to learn is that the press and the broadcasters are not neutral. And it seems we have to learn it each time… — Ken Loach Copy Share Image
In our system of government, the judicial and legislative branches have different roles. Judges are not politicians. Judges must decide cases, not champion causes.… — Orrin Hatch Copy Share Image
And after hearing what our Church can say, If still our reason runs another way, That private reason 'tis more just to curb, Than… — John Dryden Copy Share Image
Dispute not because ye see not, for ye receive no witness until after the trial of your faith. — Boyd K. Packer Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
People of good character are not all going to come down on the same side of difficult political and social issues. Good people-people of… — William Bennett Copy Share Image
Treaties, agreements and organizations to help settle disputes may be necessary, but they often favor the interests of business over citizens. — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
Private property is a necessary institution, at least in a fallen world; men work more and dispute less when goods are private than when… — R. H. Tawney Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy,… — Olusegun Obasanjo Copy Share Image
While the business of education in Europe consists in lectures upon the ruins of Palmyra and the antiquities of Herculaneum , or in disputes… — Benjamin Rush Copy Share Image
What began as a bitter dispute over Union and States' Rights, ended as a struggle over the meaning of freedom in America. At Gettysburg… — Bruce Catton Copy Share Image
Even those who, like me, believe that Roe v. Wade and the decisions elaborating on reproductive rights were constitutionally correct must recognize that, for… — Laurence Tribe Copy Share Image
