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

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 best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.

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

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

- 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

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

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

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

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