It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is - the determination to maintain the Empire of England.

I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?

How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

The question is this - Is man an ape or an angel? My Lord, I am on the side of the angels. I repudiate with indignation and abhorrence these new fanged theories.

Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.