Do not first announce action, and then, when you are unable to take action, withdraw, because you will only find yourself in the same position as now, plus a public and humiliating confession of impotence.
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 RoseberyFew speeches which have produced an electrical effect on an audience can bear the colourless photography of a printed record.
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery