Thomas Babington Macaulay - Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident pr...

Thomas Babington Macaulay Zitate

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 Babington Macaulay

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Viele Politiker haben es sich zur Gewohnheit gemacht, es als selbstverständlich zu bezeichnen, dass kein Volk frei sein sollte, bis es für seine Freiheit geeignet ist. Die Maxime verdient den Narren in der alten Geschichte, der beschlossen hatte, nicht ins Wasser zu gehen, bis er schwimmen gelernt hatte.

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