"Southey’s Colloquies on Society": Lord Macaulay's Reprimand of Government Do-Gooders

Says Mr. Southey"the government should train the people in the way in which they should go...But is there any reason for believing that a government is more likely to lead the people in the right way than the people to fall into the right way themselves?

Many"[believe] that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom"If men are to wait for liberty till they become wise and good in slavery, they may indeed wait forever.