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

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

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

I never knew a man escape failures, in either mind or body, who worked seven days in a week.

The real truth is, the number of convicts is too overwhelming for the means of proper and effectual punishment. I despair of any remedy but that which I wish I could hope for - a great reduction in the amount of crime.

I have read all that has been written by the gravest authorities on political economy on the subject of rent, wages, taxes, tithes.

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.