Predominant opinions are generally the opinions of the generation that is vanishing.

I will sit down now, but the time will come when you will hear me.

Knowledge must be gained by ourselves. Mankind may supply us with facts; but the results, even if they agree with previous ones, must be the work of our own minds.

The Italians say it is not necessary to be a stag; but we ought not to be a tortoise.

Our domestic affections are the most salutary basis of all good government.

I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.

Her Majesty is not a subject.