I am neither a Whig nor Tory. My politics are described in one word and that word is England.

Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.

Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.

Individuals may form communities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation.

You cannot choose between party government and Parliamentary government. I say, you can have no Parliamentary government if you have no party government; and, therefore, when gentlemen denounce party government, they strike at the scheme of government which, in my opinion, has made this country great, and which I hope will keep it great.

The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more, it is the history of earth and of heaven.

If you're not very clever you should be conciliatory.