John Dalberg-Acton

Historian

1834-01-10

Books by John Dalberg-Acton

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Socialism means slavery.
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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 one pervading evil of democracy is the tyranny of the majority, or rather of that party, not always the majority, that succeeds, by force or fraud, in carrying elections.
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To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
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By a series of violent shocks, the nations in succession have struggled to shake off the Past, to reverse the action of Time and the verdict of success, and to rescue the world from the reign of the dead.
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The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.
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The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.
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A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.
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