If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning, we feel a certain void. Nothing in the paper today, we sigh. -Lord Acton Morning
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 Politics
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end. -Lord Acton Freedom
Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought. -Lord Acton Freedom
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. -Lord Acton Money
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 Knowledge
There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye. -Lord Acton Smile
The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern: every class is unfit to govern. -Lord Acton Government
I'm not a driven businessman, but a driven artist. I never think about money. Beautiful things make money. -Lord Acton Business
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 History
