Thomas Babington Macaulay

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    She thoroughly understands what no other Church has ever understood, how to deal with enthusiasts.
    —Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

    O make me a mask and a wall to shut from your spies
    Of the sharp, enamelled eyes and the spectacled claws
    Rape and rebellion in the nurseries of my face....
    —Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)

    To punish a man because he has committed a crime, or because he is believed, though unjustly, to have committed a crime, is not persecution. To punish a man, because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.
    —Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)

    The reluctant obedience of distant provinces generally costs more than it [the territory] is worth. Empires which branch out widely are often more flourishing for a little timely pruning.
    —Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800–1859)