A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
LORD ACTONA convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar.
LORD ACTONThere are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.
LORD ACTONThe possession of unlimited power corrodes the conscience, hardens the heart, and confounds the understanding.
LORD ACTONLearn as much by writing as by reading.
LORD ACTONIf some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.
LORD ACTONJudge talent at its best and character at its worst.
LORD ACTONInk was not invented to express our real feelings.
LORD ACTONPiety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.
LORD ACTONIt is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority.
LORD ACTONHistory is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
LORD ACTONLiberty is the prevention of control by others.
LORD ACTONThe will of the people cannot make just that which is unjust.
LORD ACTONThe principle of the Inquisition was murderous. . . . The popes were not only murderers in the great style, but they also made murder a legal basis of the Christian Church and a condition of salvation.
LORD ACTONThe long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
LORD ACTONProgress, the religion of those who have none.
LORD ACTONFor centuries it was never discovered that education was a function of the State, and the State never attempted to educate.
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