My idea of an acceptable person is someone that is ready to accept my ideas.

Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervour.

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

More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.

The character of a woman rapidly develops after marriage, and sometimes seems to change, when in fact it is only complete.

What is wanted in architecture, as in so many things, is a man. ... One suggestion might be made-no profession in England has done its duty until it has furnished a victim. ... Even our boasted navy never achieved a great victory until we shot an admiral. Suppose an architect were hanged? Terror has its inspiration, as well as competition.

I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.