That fatal drollery called a representative government.

Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.

When a man is going to try and borrow money, it is wise to look prosperous

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

Finality is not the language of politics.

Conservatism... offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.