Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce.

You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country.

For every credibility gap there is a gullibility gap.

The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated.

I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always been associated with the idea of coupling the education of this country with the religious communities which exist.

I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the manufacturing distress of the country, it should have been a motion to inquire into manufacturing and agricultural distress.

From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security against war.