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> # 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.

[John Acton](https://quotesby.net/John-Acton)\#1

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## More from John Acton

1. > Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear discussion and publicity.

[Permalink to quote \#2](https://quotesby.net/John-Acton/2/ "Permalink to quote 2")
2. > Whenever a single definite object is made the supreme end of the State, be it the advantage of a class, the safety of the power of the country, the greatest ha…

[Permalink to quote \#3](https://quotesby.net/John-Acton/3/ "Permalink to quote 3")
3. > Without presuming to decide the purely legal question, on which it seems evident to me from Madison's and Hamilton's papers that the Fathers of the Constitutio…

[Permalink to quote \#4](https://quotesby.net/John-Acton/4/ "Permalink to quote 4")

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