Few speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyWhatever thrift is, it is not avarice. Avarice is not generous; and, after all, it is the thrifty people who are generous.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyA man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery