Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the people by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate duties ; by leaving capital to find its most lucrative course, commodities their fair price, industry and intelligence their natural reward,... Essays, Critical and Miscellaneous - Page 115by Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1859 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
| Maurice Cross - 1835 - 920 pages
...expect nolhing but deterioration before us* same prudence and the same energy that we now look wilh comfort and good hope. Our rulers will best promote...by observing strict economy in every department of thestate. Let the Government do this : the People will assuredly do the rest. SPIRIT OF SOCIETY IN... | |
| Maurice Cross - 1835 - 520 pages
...when we see nothing but improvement behind us, we are to expect nothing but deterioration before us? same prudence and the same energy that we now look...punishment — by maintaining peace, by defending properly, by diminishing the price of law, and by observing strict economy in every department of thestate.... | |
| 1835 - 916 pages
...comfort and good hope. Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the people by strictly conGning themselves to their own legitimate duties — by leaving...intelligence their natural reward, idleness and folly (heir natural punishment — by maintaining peace, by defending properly, by diminishing llie price... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - Great Britain - 1843 - 390 pages
...prudence and energy of the people, that England has hitherto been carried forward in civilisation; and it is to the same prudence and the same energy...every department of the state. Let the government do this—the people will assuredly do the rest. MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON.* [Edinburgh Review, 1831]... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1852 - 764 pages
...are to expect nothing but deterioration before us t It is not by the intermeddling of Mr. Southey's idol, the omniscient and omnipotent State, but by...every department of the state. Let the government dr this — the people will assuredly do the rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON.* [EDI.NDUKGH REVIEW,... | |
| Reinhold Solger - 1854 - 156 pages
...we now look with comfort and good hope. Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation, by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate...by defending property, by diminishing the price of land, and by observing strict economy in every department of the State. Let the Government do this... | |
| Edward Rupert Humphreys - 1855 - 276 pages
...that we now look with comfort and hope. Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation, by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate...defending property, by diminishing the price of law, and observing strict economy in every department of the state. Let the government do this : the people... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English literature - 1856 - 752 pages
...are to expect nothing but deterioration before us ? It is not by the intermeddling of Mr. Southey's idol, the omniscient and omnipotent State, but by...every department of the state. Let the government dc this—the people will assuredly do the rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON. 4 [EDINBURGH REVIEW, 1831.]... | |
| Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - English essays - 1856 - 770 pages
...that we now look with comfort and girad hope. Our ruler« will best promote the improvement of th« people by strictly confining themselves to their own...every department of the state. Let the government d* tbis — the people will assuredly lu ihe rest MOORE'S LIFE OF LORD BYRON.' [EoiNBCEQH lUvibV.',... | |
| George Roberts - England - 1856 - 620 pages
...we look forward with comfort and hope : " Our rulers will best promote the improvement of the nation by strictly confining themselves to their own legitimate...fair price ; industry and intelligence their natural punishment, by maintaining peace, by defending property, by diminishing the price of law, and observing... | |
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