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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.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Thomas Babington Macaulay |

Whenever is found what is called a paternal government, there is found state education. It has been discovered that the best way to ensure implicit obedience is to commence tyranny in the nursery.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Benjamin Disraeli |

Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.

+Fav | Go to Quote / Comment | Alexander Pope |

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