"The whole history of Christianity proves that she……" — Thomas B. Macaulay
"The whole history of Christianity proves that she has little indeed to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally."
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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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Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.
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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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More Allies Quotes
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Over the objections, where they sound like squealing pigs, over the objections of Romney and all his allies, we passed…
— Joe Biden
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The USDA is not our ally here. We have to take matters into our own hands, not only by advocating…
— Mark Bittman
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It's pretty clear that over the last three months the economy has paused. And it's also pretty clear the American…
— John Boehner
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We have no stronger ally anywhere in the world than Israel.
— John Boehner
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When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts,…
— John O. Brennan
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Iraq is a long way from the U.S., but what happens there matters a great deal here. For the risks…
— Madeleine Albright
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You must learn to exist with no religion, no country, no allies. You must learn to live alone in silence.
— William S. Burroughs
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We cannot let terrorists hold this nation hostile or hold our allies hostile.
— George W. Bush
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The United States and our allies are determined: we refuse to live in the shadow of this ultimate danger.
— George W. Bush
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What I found when I became Secretary of State was a lot of doubts and a lot of concerns and…
— Hillary Clinton
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A woman watches her body uneasily, as though it were an unreliable ally in the battle for love.
— Leonard Cohen
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If you will have a person enslaved, the first thing you must do is convince yourself that the person is…
— Maya Angelou
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