Lord Acton Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“Socialism means slavery.”

“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.”

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

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

“There is no error so monstrous that it fails to find defenders among the ablest men.”

“A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.”

“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.”

“There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.”

“Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.”

“The long term versus the short term argument is one used by losers.”