Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular.
Thomas B. MacaulayIt is possible to be below flattery as well as above it. One who trusts nobody will not trust sycophants. One who does not value real glory will not value its counterfeit.
Thomas B. MacaulayThe history of nations, in the sense in which I use the word, is often best studied in works not professedly historical.
Thomas B. MacaulayGreat minds do indeed react on the society which has made them what they are; but they only pay with interest what they have received.
Thomas B. Macaulay