When literary critics decide that a book is not worthy of their notice they expect the public to follow their lead, but ‘Pilgrim’s Progress’ was different.

The supreme arts and literature of ancient Athens all sprang from the State’s refusal to interfere in the life of the citizen.

Classical Greece has been an inspiration to every generation because she stands for the triumph of liberty and reason over prejudice and power.

Macaulay recalled an Italian fable about a fairy doomed every now and then to take the form of a snake, and drew from her a lesson about Liberty.

When Robert Southey called for a fairer and greener economy, Thomas Macaulay warned that only politicians and bureaucrats would thank him.

Lord Macaulay believed that the disastrous reign of King John brought the country together.