Thomas B. Macaulay Quotes about Purpose

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Thus, then, stands the case. It is good, that authors should be remunerated; and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the

Thus, then, stands the case. It is good, that authors should be remunerated; and the least exceptionable way of remunerating them is by a monopoly. Yet monopoly is an evil. For the sake of the good we must submit to the evil; but the evil ought not to last a day longer than is necessary for the purpose of securing the good.

Thomas B. Macaulay

Evil, Purpose, Sake

"Speech on the Copyright Bill". February 5, 1841.

We are free, we are civilised, to little purpose, if we grudge to any portion of the human race an equal measure of freedom and civilisation.

Thomas B. Macaulay

Race, Purpose, Littles

"Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches" by Thomas Babington Macaulay, Volume 4, 2007.