Live both in the future and the past. Who does not live in the past does not live in the future.
LORD ACTONFeudalism made land the measure and the master of all things.
More Lord Acton Quotes
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Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.
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A generous spirit prefers that his country should be poor, and weak, and of no account, but free, rather than powerful, prosperous, and enslaved.
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There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.
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Federalism is the best curb on democracy. [It] assigns limited powers to the central government. Thereby all power is limited. It excludes absolute power of the majority.
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When the last of the Reformers died, religion, instead of emancipating the nations, had become an excuse for the criminal art of despots. Calvin preached, and Bellarmine lectured; but Machiavelli reigned.
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Be generous before you are just. Do not temper mercy with justice.
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Moral precepts are constant through the ages and not obedient to circumstances.
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The minority can seldom resist. But from the absolute will of an entire people there is no appeal, no redemption, no refuge but treason.
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The mills of God grind slowly.
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The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.
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Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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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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A public man has no right to let his actions be determined by particular interests. He does the same thing as a judge who accepts a bribe. Like a judge he must consider what is right, not what is advantageous to a party or class.
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Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.
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There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.
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