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Letter to Bp. Mandell Creighton (3 Apr 1887) - Acton, John Dalberg (Lord) | WIST Quotations
I cannot accept your canon that we are to judge Pope and King unlike other men, with a favourable presumption that they did no wrong. If there is any presumption it is the other way against holders of power, increasing as the power increases. Historic responsibility has to make up…