The hottest fires in hell are reserved for those who remain neutral in times of moral crisis.

Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement.

The men of England,- the men, I mean, of light and leading in England.

Greater mischief happens often from folly, meanness, and vanity than from the greater sins of avarice and ambition.

I do not know how to wish success to those whose Victory is to separate from us a large and noble part of our Empire. Still less do I wish success to injustice, oppression and absurdity.

He that struggles with us strengthens our nerves, and sharpens our skill. Our antagonist is our helper.

A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is torn to rags; the rest is entirely out of fashion.