| John Bartlett (18201905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919. |
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| NUMBER: | 6153 |
| AUTHOR: | Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (18001859) |
| 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: | Southeys Colloquies. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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