Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes


Who can believe that there is no soul behind those luminous eyes! - Thomas Babington Macaulay



We must judge of a form of government by it's general tendency, not by happy accidents. - Thomas Babington Macaulay



We have heard it said that five per cent is the natural interest of money. - Thomas Babington Macaulay



To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked. - Thomas Babington Macaulay