John Dalberg Acton

John Dalberg Acton: Be not content...

John Dalberg Acton: Be not content...

Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

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John Dalberg Acton: Guard against the...

John Dalberg Acton: Guard against the...

Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement;...

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John Dalberg Acton: Be more severe...

John Dalberg Acton: Be more severe...

Be more severe to ideas than to actions; do not over look the strength of the bad cause or the weakness of the...

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John Dalberg Acton: There is no...

John Dalberg Acton: There is no...

There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.

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John Dalberg Acton: Power tends to...

John Dalberg Acton: Power tends to...

Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Source: Letter, 3...

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John Dalberg Acton: Learn as much...

John Dalberg Acton: Learn as much...

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Source: In Quotations of Wit and Wisdom,...

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John Dalberg Acton: Patriotism is in...

John Dalberg Acton: Patriotism is in...

Patriotism is in political life what faith is in religion.

Source: 'Nationality',...

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John Dalberg Acton: A wise person...

John Dalberg Acton: A wise person...

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different...

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John Dalberg Acton: Writers the most...

John Dalberg Acton: Writers the most...

Writers the most learned, the most accurate in details, and the soundest in tendency, frequently fall into a habit...

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John Dalberg Acton: To be able...

John Dalberg Acton: To be able...

To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.

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John Dalberg Acton: The danger is...

John Dalberg Acton: The danger is...

The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern. Every class is unfit to...

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John Dalberg Acton: There are two...

John Dalberg Acton: There are two...

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by...

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John Dalberg Acton: Opinions alter, manners...

John Dalberg Acton: Opinions alter, manners...

Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of...

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John Dalberg Acton: The most certain...

John Dalberg Acton: The most certain...

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by...

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John Dalberg Acton: Every thing secret...

John Dalberg Acton: Every thing secret...

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear...

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