Lord John Dalberg acton

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

“Guard against the prestige of great names; see that your judgments are your own; and do not shrink from disagreement; no trusting without testing.”

“Learn as much by writing as by reading.”

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

“Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

“The danger is not that a particular class is unfit to govern.  Every class is unfit to govern.”

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