Many politicians lay it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim. - Lord Macaulay

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Lord Macaulay: "Many politicians lay it down as a self-evident proposition, that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story, who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim."

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Down	Fool	Free	Freedom
Into	Learned	Maxim	Ought
People	Politicians	Proposition	Resolved
Selfevident	Story	Swim	Till
Water	Worthy

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