Author: Thomas Babington Macaulay

Quotes

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.

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 Babington Macaulay

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

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

- 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.

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

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

Nothing except the mint can make money without advertising.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

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

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

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

- Thomas Babington Macaulay

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