It is said that every people has the Government it deserves. It is more to the point that every Government has the electorate it deserves; for the orator of the front bench can edify or debauch an ignorant electorate at will.

Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children.

The things most people want to know about are usually none of their business.

I would like to take you seriously, but to do so would be an affront to your intelligence.

The novelties of one generation are only the resuscitated fashions of the generation before last.

Revolutionary moments attract those who are not good enough for established institutions as well as those who are too good for them.

There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough.