Macaulay

Famous quotes containing the word 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 (1800–1859)

    “To every man upon this earth
    Death cometh soon or late.
    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 (1800–1859)

    Such night in England ne’er had been, nor e’er again shall be.
    —Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)