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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.

~Lord Acton

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The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

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Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites.

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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.

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

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Socialism means slavery.

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Historian

Born: January 10th, 1834

Died: June 19th, 1902

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