No man who is correctly informed as to the past will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.
Thomas B. MacaulayThe opinion of the great body of the reading public is very materially influenced even by the unsupported assertions of those who assume a right to criticize.
Thomas B. MacaulayIn every age the vilest specimens of human nature are to be found among demagogues.
Thomas B. MacaulayWar is never lenient but where it is wanton; where men are compelled to fight in self-defence, they must hate and avenge. This may be bad, but it is human nature; it is the clay as it came from the hands of the Potter.
Thomas B. Macaulay