Advice To Persons About To Write History

I Cannot Accept Your Canon That We Are To Judge Pope And King Unlike Other Men, With A Favorable Presumption That They Do No Wrong. If There Is Any Presumption, It Is The Other Way Against Holders Of Power...power Tends To Corrupt And Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely.

Liberty Is The Prevention Of Control By Others. This Requires Self-control And, Therefore, Religious And Spiritual Influences; Education, Knowledge, Well-being.

Machiavelli's Teaching Would Hardly Have Stood The Test Of Parliamentary Government, For Public Discussion Demands At Least The Profession Of Good Faith.

The Test Of Liberty Is The Position And Security Of Minorities.

Truth Is The Only Merit That Gives Dignity And Worth To History.