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Category Archive: 1800

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “An acre in Middlesex is better…”

An acre in Middlesex is better than a principality in Utopia.

October 6, 2021 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

George Bancroft Quote: “The best government rests on the…”

The best government rests on the people, and not on the few, on persons and not on property, on the free development of public opinion and not on authority.

October 6, 2021 1800, American, George Bancroft, October 3, Quotes by Historians

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “There is only one cure for…”

There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces, and that cure is freedom.

September 23, 2021 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

George Bancroft Quote: “Where the people possess no authority…”

Where the people possess no authority, their rights obtain no respect.

August 29, 2021 1800, American, George Bancroft, October 3, Quotes by Historians

Nat Turner Quote: “Having soon discovered to be great…”

Having soon discovered to be great, I must appear so, and therefore studiously avoided mixing in society, and wrapped myself in mystery, devoting my time to fasting and prayer.

August 7, 2021 1800, American, Nat Turner, October 2, Quotes by Activists

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “The maxim, that governments ought to…”

The maxim, that governments ought to train the people in the way in which they should go, sounds well. But is there any reason for believing that a government is more likely to lead the people in the right way than the people to fall into the right way of themselves?

July 21, 2021 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

Nat Turner Quote: “I was not addicted to stealing…”

I was not addicted to stealing in my youth, nor have ever been; yet such was the confidence of the Negroes in the neighborhood, even at this early period of my life, in my superior judgment, that they would often carry me with them when they were going on any roguery, to plan for them.

July 17, 2021 1800, American, Nat Turner, October 2, Quotes by Activists

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “The best portraits are those in…”

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

July 14, 2021 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “The English Bible – a book…”

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.

July 6, 2021 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “There is surely no contradiction in…”

There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.

June 27, 2021 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

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