This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, there is really no government vested in them at all.

I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I can say, that they do not deserve the name of cowards.

Treaties of peace, made after war, are entrusted to individuals to negotiate and carry out.

Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less.

Look not to the politicians; look to yourselves.

People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have.

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