Reform, that we may preserve. Thomas Babington Macaulay preservereform Change image and share on social
There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom. Thomas Babington Macaulay acquirecureevil Change image and share on social
People crushed by law have no hopes but from power. If laws are their enemies, they will be enemies to laws. Thomas Babington Macaulay crushenemyhope Change image and share on social
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 Babington Macaulay ancestorbearcentury share on social
The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners. Thomas Babington Macaulay goodknowledgelogic Change image and share on social
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines. Thomas Babington Macaulay advancecivilizationdecline Change image and share on social
Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be. Thomas Babington Macaulay englandne'ernight Change image and share on social
American democracy must be a failure because it places the supreme authority in the hands of the poorest and most ignorant part of the society. Thomas Babington Macaulay americanauthoritydemocracy Change image and share on social
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 Babington Macaulay evidentfitfool share on social
The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out. Thomas Babington Macaulay characterfindknow Change image and share on social
