The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.

I spend money on war because it is necessary, but to spend it on science, that is pleasant to me. This object costs no tears; it is an honour to humanity

The die is now cast; the colonies must either submit or triumph.... we must not retreat.

I can never suppose this country so far lost to all ideas of self-importance as to be willing to grant America independence; if that could ever be adopted I shall despair of this country being ever preserved from a state of inferiority and consequently falling into a very low class among the European States.

Nothing worth noting.

Everyone who does not agree with me is a traitor and a scoundrel.

Lord Chancellor, did I deliver the speech well? I am glad of that, for there was nothing in it.