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.

There is scarcely any popular tenet more erroneous than that which holds that when time is slow, life is dull.

The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.

There are so many plans, so many schemes, and so many reasons why there should be neither plans nor schemes.

Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination.

We live in age of prudence. The leaders of the people now generally follow.

That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It has occasioned more wars than any of the most ruthless conquerors. It has disturbed and nearly destroyed that political equilibrium so necessary to the liberties and the welfare of the world.