Many politicians are in the habit of laying 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. - Thomas B. Macaulay

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Thomas B. Macaulay: "Many politicians are in the habit of laying 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
Habit	Into	Laying	Learned
Maxim	Ought	People	Politicians
Proposition	Resolved	Selfevident	Story
Swim	Till	Water	Worthy

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