“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”
Lord Acton“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“To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.”
Lord Acton“The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern.”
Lord Acton“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“Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.”
Lord Acton“History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.”
Lord Acton“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