Had they [the Tories] been in the wilderness they would have complained of the Ten Commandments. Remark.

This regard for the liberties of Europe, this care at one time for the protestant interest, this excessive love for the balance of power, is neither more nor less than a gigantic system of outdoor relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain.

I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons.

The Government and the Parliament, even the House of Lords, will consent to a large increase of electors; and men who have not considered the subject fully will imagine they have gained much by the concession.

I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago.

Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.

I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you could give me in the way of decoration which the highest art could supply.