158 Quotes by Lord Acton

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

Liberty, next to religion has been the motive of good deeds and the common pretext of crime...

The issue which has swept down the centuries and which will have to be fought sooner or later is the people versus the banks.

There should be a law to the People besides its own will.

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

Democracy generally monopolizes and concentrates power.

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

Liberty is the harmony between the will and the law.

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.