John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.
6153 Thomas Babington
| NUMBER: | 6153 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800–1859) |
| QUOTATION: | Nothing is so galling to a people, not broken in from the 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. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Southey’s Colloquies. |