Lord Acton Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• Though oppression may give rise to violent and repeated outbreaks, like the convulsions of a man in pain, it cannot mature a settled purpose and plan of regeneration, unless a new notion of happiness is joined to the sense of present evil.

  Lord Acton

  Pain, Men, Evil

  Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom: Great Event”, p.224, VM eBooks

• Truth is the only merit that gives dignity and worth to history.

  Lord Acton

  History, Giving, Merit

  Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom: Great Event”, p.125, VM eBooks

• The State is competent to assign duties and draw the line between good and evil only in its immediate sphere. Beyond the limits of things necessary for its well-being, it can only give indirect help to fight the battle of life by promoting the influences which prevail against temptation--religion, education, and the distribution of wealth.

  Lord Acton

  Fighting, Evil, Giving

  John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.30, Jazzybee Verlag

• Piety sometimes gives birth to scruples, and faith to superstition, when they are not directed by wisdom and knowledge.

  Lord Acton

  Giving, Superstitions, Birth

  John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton (2016). “The History of Freedom (and other Essays)”, p.296, Jazzybee Verlag

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