Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote

Quote from Thomas Babington Macaulay,

"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.
The chance of his being wiser than all his neighbours together is still smaller."

By:	Thomas Babington Macaulay (more quotes by Thomas Babington Macaulay or books by/about Thomas Babington Macaulay)
	(1800-1859) [Lord Macaulay] 1st Baron Macaulay, British historian
Source:	"Southey's Colloquies on Society" par. SC.62
Courtesy of:	http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/macS1.html
Categories:	Civil Rights, Freedom, Individual Rights, Justice, Liberty, Wisdom, Election, Vote
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