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Thomas B. Macaulay quotes

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I shall cheerfully bear the reproach of having descended below the dignity of history if I can succeed in placing before the English of the nineteenth century a true picture of the life of their ancestors. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "That is the best government which desires to make the people..."
That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy. Thomas B. Macaulay
The English Bible - a book which, if everything else in our language should perish, would alone suffice to show the whole extent of its beauty and power. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot."
A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "The best portraits are those in which there is a slight..."
The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws..."
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws. Thomas B. Macaulay
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the..."
And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods? Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever..."
The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners. Thomas B. Macaulay
To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population. Thomas B. Macaulay
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from the birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government, a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the..."
To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have..."
Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king..."
I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read. Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay quote: "The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion."
The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion. Thomas B. Macaulay

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