Thomas B. Macaulay
American essayist and historian
Lived from: 1800 - 1859
Category: History and sociology | Writers (Contemporary) Country: 
United Kingdom
Born: 25 october 1800 Died: 28 december 1859
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The measure of a man's real character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.
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The object of oratory alone in not truth, but persuasion.
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The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
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The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it [The Territory] is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.
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The whole history of Christianity proves that she has indeed little to fear from persecution as a foe, but much to fear from persecution as an ally.
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There were gentlemen and there were seamen in the navy of Charles the Second. But the seamen were not gentlemen; and the gentlemen were not seamen.
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Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!
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We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.
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We must judge a government by its general tendencies and not by its happy accidents.
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Your Constitution is all sail and no anchor.
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