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?


Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (ed. 1841)

Thomas Babington Macaulay Quotes

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...

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...

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...

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...