acton Quotes

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh.”

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