Thomas Babington Macaulay Quote

Famous Quote from Thomas Babington Macaulay,

"And to say that society ought to be governed by the opinion of the wisest and best, though true, is useless.
Whose opinion is to decide who are the wisest and best?"

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.60
Courtesy of:	http://www.econlib.org/library/Essays/macS1.html
Categories:	Freedom, Government, Liberty, Proverbs, Responsibility, Socialism, Wisdom
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