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.

Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.

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

To achieve what you want, you have to be stronger than those around you

In politics, nothing is contemptible.

The Duke of Wellington brought to the post of first minister immortal fame,-a quality of success which would almost seem to include all others.

Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.