“The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.”
— Lord Acton
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“If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.”
— Lord Acton
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“Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.”
— Lord Acton
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“The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.”
— Lord Acton
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Category: government
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“The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.”
— Lord Acton
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Category: history
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“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”
— Lord Acton
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“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
— Lord Acton
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Category: power
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“The science of politics is the one science that is deposited by the streams of history, like the grains of gold in the sand of a river; and the knowledge of the past, the record of truths revealed by experience, is eminently practical, as an instrument of action and a power that goes to making the future.”
— Lord Acton
Author: Lord Acton
Category: future
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