James Mackintosh Quotes
Those who differ most from the opinions of their fellow men are the most confident of the truth of their own.
Mackintosh, James. The Miscellaneous Works of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh. Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1846.
Few politicians in modern times have been so sure that they were not wrong about major policies and programs, and very few have actually been so wrong as history has shown him to be. See Otis Singetary’s great quotation on leaders and doubt -- {638385} .
Sir James Mackintosh FRS FRSE was a Scottish jurist, Whig politician and historian. His studies and sympathies embraced many interests. He was trained as a doctor and barrister, and worked also as a journalist, judge, administrator, professor, philosopher and politician.