"Men are never so likely to settle a……" — Thomas B. Macaulay
"Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely."
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Thomas B. Macaulay
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125 Quotes by Thomas B. Macaulay
Thomas B. Macaulay has 125 quotes on this site.
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It may be laid as an universal rule that a government which attempts more than it ought will perform less.
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To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to have committed…
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A system in which the two great commandments are to hate your neighbor and to love your neighbor's wife.
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In that temple of silence and reconciliation where the enmities of twenty generations lie buried, in the great Abbey which…
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The best portraits are those in which there is a slight mixture of caricature.
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None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident…
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The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But…
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And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is…
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Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth as a paternal, or, in other words, a…
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There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect…
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[I can] scarcely write upon mathematics or mathematicians. Oh for words to express my abomination of the science.
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The effect of violent dislike between groups has always created an indifference to the welfare and honor of the state.
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More Discuss Quotes
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Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right…
— Charles Babbage
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There are certain things I want to keep to me. I don't discuss my private life.
— Aaliyah
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with…
— Abu Bakar Bashir
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My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
— Dan Brown
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There can be no settlement of a great cause without discussion, and people will not discuss a cause until their…
— William Jennings Bryan
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I don't want to discuss my breasts with the whole world!
— Brooke Burke
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Women often postpone their lives, thinking that if they're not with a partner then it doesn't really count. They're still…
— Jane Campion
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Oil is a very valuable resource for life - electric heaters. We must have to transition ourselves to a post-oil…
— Hugo Chavez
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An artist cannot speak about his art any more than a plant can discuss horticulture.
— Jean Cocteau
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Asking an artist to talk about his work is like asking a plant to discuss horticulture.
— Jean Cocteau
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If you have a glass full of liquid you can discourse forever on its qualities, discuss whether it is cold,…
— Taisen Deshimaru
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I am now speaking of rights under the Constitution, and not of moral or religious rights. I do not discuss…
— Stephen A. Douglas
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