There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.


Letter (23 January 1861), published in Lord Acton and his Circle (1906) by Abbot Francis Aidan Gasquet, Letter 74

John Dalberg-Acton Quotes

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the...

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the...

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the...

There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the...