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Category Archive: 1800

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “We know no spectacle so ridiculous…”

We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality.

December 12, 2019 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

George Bancroft Quote: “The exact measure of the progress…”

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

October 23, 2019 1800, American, George Bancroft, October 3, Quotes by Historians

George Bancroft Quote: “Dishonesty is so grasping it would…”

Dishonesty is so grasping it would deceive God himself, were it possible.

September 1, 2019 1800, American, George Bancroft, October 3, Quotes by Historians

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “She thoroughly understands what no other…”

She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.

August 30, 2019 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “Turn where we may, within, around…”

Turn where we may, within, around, the voice of great events is proclaiming to us, Reform, that you may preserve!

August 30, 2019 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

Nat Turner Quote: “All my time not devoted to…”

All my time not devoted to my master’s service was spent either in prayer, or in making experiments in casting different things in moulds made of earth, in attempting to make paper, gunpowder, and many other experiments, that, although I could not perfect, yet convinced me of its practicability if I had the means.

July 30, 2019 1800, American, Nat Turner, October 2, Quotes by Activists

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “Many politicians are in the habit…”

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

July 1, 2019 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “None of the modes by which…”

None of the modes by which a magistrate is appointed, popular election, the accident of the lot, or the accident of birth, affords, as far as we can perceive, much security for his being wiser than any of his neighbours.

June 28, 2019 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “That is the best government which…”

That is the best government which desires to make the people happy, and knows how to make them happy.

June 16, 2019 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote: “Perhaps no person can be a…”

Perhaps no person can be a poet, or even enjoy poetry, without a certain unsoundness of mind.

May 28, 2019 1800, August 25, British, Quotes by Poets, Thomas Babington Macaulay

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