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 […]
Author : John Dalberg-Acton
If the past has been an obstacle and a burden, knowledge of the past is the safest and the surest emancipation. – John Dalberg-Acton