Quote by Thomas Macaulay
Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evid

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 Macaulay

Other quotes by Thomas Macaulay

A man who should act, for one day, on the supposition that all the people about him were influenced by the religion which they professed would find himself ruined by night. – Thomas Macaulay

Category:
Hypocrisy
Read Quote

Many politicians lay 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 Macaulay

Category:
Swimming
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Independence Day
category

That which distinguishes this day from all others is that then both orators and artillerymen shoot blank cartridges. – John Burroughs, Journal

How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy. – Paul Sweeney

Without freedom, no one really has a name. – Milton Acorda

A statistician made a few calculations and discovered that since the birth of our nation more lives had been lost in celebrating independence than in winning it. – Curtis Billings

Random Quotes

Sometimes your medicine bottle has on it, Shake well before using. That is what God has to do with some of His people. He has to shake them well before they are ever usable. – Vance Havner

Category:
God

The advice Ive been giving to people all my life – that you may not be interested in the dialectic but the dialectic is interested in you you cant give up politics, it wont give you up – was the advice I should have been taking myself. – Christopher Hitchens

Category:
Politics

I love the idea of marriage. I definitely want marriage and little Kellans running around. – Kellan Lutz

Category:
Marriage

Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence. – Ted Key

Category:
Integrity