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Lord Acton

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"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money."

— Lord Actonbusiness

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

— Lord Actonchange

"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 Actonexperience

"Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith."

— Lord Actonfaith

"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 Actonfuture

"The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern."

— Lord Actongovernment

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"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money."

-Lord Acton

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

-Lord Acton

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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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"Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith."

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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."

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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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"Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith."

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"And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that."

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"History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul."

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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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"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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"And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that."

-Lord Acton

"I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money."

-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."

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"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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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."

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"Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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"Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

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"And remember, where you have a concentration of power in a few hands, all too frequently men with the mentality of gangsters get control. History has proven that."

-Lord Acton

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"Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought."

-Lord Acton

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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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"There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye."

-Lord Acton

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"Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality."

-Lord Acton

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