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

Lord Acton · History

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Lord Acton

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

Government

Lord Acton

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

Business

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.

History

Lord Acton

Power tends to corrupt and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Politics