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Lord Acton [1834-1902] British Historian
Quote rank: 115

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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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Experience, Future, History, Knowledge, Politics, Power, Science

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