I was told that the privileged and the people formed two nations.

The press is not only free, it is powerful. That power is ours. It is the proudest that man can enjoy. It was not granted by monarchs, it was not gained for us by aristocracies; but it sprang from the people, and, with an immortal instinct, it has always worked for the people.

The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.

The stage is a supplement to the pulpit, where virtue, according to Plato's sublime idea, moves our love and affection when made visible to the eye.

The originality of a subject is in its treatment.

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

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.