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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.