It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.

A healthy nation is as unconscious of its nationality as a healthy man of his bones. But if you break a person's nationality it will think of nothing else but getting it set again.

The danger of crippling thought, the danger of obstructing the formation of the public mind by specially suppressing ... representations is far greater than any real danger that there is from such representations.

The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination

Custom will reconcile people to any atrocity, and fashion will drive them to acquire any custom.