Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

And how can man die better than facing fearful odds, for the ashes of his fathers, and the temples of his Gods?

Thomas Babington Macaulay

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

There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.

Thomas Babington 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 Babington Macaulay

The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Few of the many wise apothegms which have been uttered have prevented a single foolish action.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

Thomas Babington Macaulay