No minister ever stood, or could stand, against public opinion.

In every village there will arise a miscreant to establish the most grinding tyranny by calling himself the people.

Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws.

My belief is, from all that I have seen of the French people and their Government, that they are much more likely to presume upon our weakness than to take offence at our strength.

But after this natural burst of indignation, no man of sense, courage, or prudence will waste his time or his strength in retrospective reproaches or repinings.

The distinction of being without an honour is becoming a rare and valuable one and should not become extinct.

Can there be a more lamentable picture than that of a Chancellor of the Exchequer seated on an empty chest by a pool of bottomless deficiency fishing for a budget?