Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote

Quote from Thomas Babington Macaulay,

"Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth
as a paternal, or, in other words, a meddling government,
a government which tells them what to read, and say, and eat, and drink and wear."

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.69
Courtesy of:	http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/macS1.html
Categories:	Freedom, Government, Independence, Individual Rights, Liberty, Library, Oppression, Terrorism, Tyranny
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