Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Profession : Poet

Birth : October 25, 1800

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

Such night in England ne'er had been, nor ne'er again shall be.

Thomas Babington 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 Babington Macaulay

There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.

Thomas Babington Macaulay

A good constitution is infinitely better than the best despot.

Thomas Babington Macaulay