English - Historian | January 10, 1834 - June 19, 1902
History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
John Dalberg-Acton
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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.
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The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
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Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.
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If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation.
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History provides neither compensation for suffering nor penalties for wrong.
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Socialism means slavery.
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The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.
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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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Learn as much by writing as by reading.
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There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a handshake, or a fond eye.
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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.
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