I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. Lord Acton on business
Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral laws are written on the table of eternity. Lord Acton on change
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 on experience
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. Lord Acton on faith
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 on future
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. Lord Acton on government
Machiavelli's teaching would hardly have stood the test of Parliamentary government, for public discussion demands at least the profession of good faith. Lord Acton on government
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 on history
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul. Lord Acton on history
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 on history
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 on knowledge
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 on men
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. Lord Acton on money
If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. Lord Acton on morning
Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin. Lord Acton on nature
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton on politics
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 on politics
Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton on power
Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Lord Acton on power
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 on power