Liberty is not merely a privilege to be conferred; it is a habit to be acquired.
There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.
Liberty has restraints but no frontiers.
Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.
Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.
A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.