Quote#World
The possession of a clear and definite ideal of society seems to me…
Quote byMandell Creighton · 1843–1901
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Lord Acton (9 April 1887), quoted in Louise Creighton, Life and Letters of Mandell Creighton, Volume 1 (1904), p. 374.
English (original)
The possession of a clear and definite ideal of society seems to me dangerous to its possessors. The Mediaeval Church had such an ideal: the result was the Inquisition, which was generally approved by the common consciousness.
— Mandell Creighton
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