"History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties……" — Lord Acton
"History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong."
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95 Quotes by Lord Acton
Lord Acton has 95 quotes on this site.
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Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest…
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Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed…
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And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality…
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I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money.
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the…
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The one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the…
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear…
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History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
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More Compensation Quotes
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We will often find compensation if we think more of what life has given us and less about what life…
— William Barclay
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Careful economic research has shown public-sector workers receive a level of compensation, pension benefits, and retiree health coverage in excess…
— Bob Beauprez
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Forgetfulness - a gift of God bestowed upon debtors in compensation for their destitution of conscience.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Cap the well, yes. Clear up the mess, yes. Make compensation - yes, absolutely. But would it be right to…
— David Cameron
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The survey findings reflect the growing trend toward incentive compensation programs as a way for employers to share the wealth…
— Unknown Author
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This is a world of compensations; and he who would be no slave, must consent to have no slave.
— Abraham Lincoln
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Gardening has compensations out of all proportion to its goals. It is creation in the pure sense.
— Phyllis McGinley
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It is one of the most beautiful compensations of this life that no person can sincerely try to help another…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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One wastes so much time, one is so prodigal of life, at twenty! Our days of winter count for double.…
— George Sand
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Mortality has its compensations; one is that all evils are transitory, another that better times may come.
— George Santayana
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Want to snatch a day from the manacles of boredom? Do overgenerous deeds, acts beyond reimbursement. Kindness without compensation. Do…
— Max Lucado
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My belief is firm in a law of compensation. The true rewards are ever in proportion to the labour and…
— Nikola Tesla
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