History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not …

Lord Acton
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History, to be above evasion or dispute, must stand on documents, not on opinions. ✨ Lord Acton (2016). Lectures on Modern History: Great Event, p.16, VM eBooks
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It is bad to be oppressed by a minority, but it is worse to be oppressed by a majority. ✨ Lord Acton (2016). The History of Freedom: Great Event, p.9, VM eBooks
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Opinions alter, manners change, creeds rise and fall, but the moral law is written on the tablets of eternity. ✨ Inaugural Lecture on the Study of History, 1906, sourcebooks.fordham.edu. June 11, 189 … ▶
Official truth is not actual truth.
Be not content with the best book; seek sidelights from the others; have no favourites. ✨ Lord Acton (2016). Lectures on Modern History: Great Event, p.22, VM eBooks

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