English character and English freedom depend comparatively little on the form which the Constitution assumes at Westminster. A centralised democracy may be as tyrannical as an absolute monarch; and if the vigour of the nation is to continue unimpaired, each individual, each family, each district, must preserve as far as possible its independence, its self-completeness, its powers and its privilege to manage its own affairs and think its own thoughts.
James Anthony FroudeMorality, when vigorously alive, sees farther than intellect, and provides unconsciously for intellectual difficulties.
James Anthony FroudeThe best that we can do for one another is to exchange our thoughts freely; and that, after all, is about all.
James Anthony FroudeThe moral system of the universe is like a document written in alternate ciphers, which change from line to line.
James Anthony Froude