What did Lord Acton mean by: History is the arbiter of controversy, the monarch of all she surveys. Lord Acton Historian · England Copy
+ Towns were the nursery of freedom. Author, June 23, 2023January 2, 2025, Lord Acton, Freedom, 0 Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Authority that does not exist for Liberty is not authority but force. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Acton, Authority, Force, Liberty, 0 Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Self-preservation and self-denial: the basis of all political economy. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Acton, Economy, self-denial, Self-preservation, 0 Lord Acton Historian · England
+ It is dangerous, at any time, to multiply sources of weakness. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Acton, Danger, Multiplication, Weakness, 0 Lord Acton Historian · England
+ A people averse to the institution of private property is without the first elements of freedom Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Acton, Freedom, Institution, Property, 0 Lord Acton Historian · England
+ A convinced man differs from a prejudiced man as an honest man from a liar. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Acton, Conviction, Honesty, Prejudice, 0 Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Limitation is essential to authority. A government is legitimate only if it is effectively limited. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Acton, Authority, Government, Limitation, 0 Lord Acton Historian · England
+ Great men are almost always bad men, even when they exercise influence and not authority… Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Lord Acton, Leadership, Morality, Power, 0 Lord Acton Historian · England
The court is like a palace of marble; it’s composed of people very hard and very polished. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The vitality of a new movement in Art must be gauged by the fury it arouses. Logan Pearsall Smith Writer · USA
Crimes of which a people is ashamed constitute its real history. The same is true of man. Jean Genet Playwright · France
Before the end of Time will be the end of History. Before the end of History will be the end of Art. Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Philosopher · Germany
