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

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

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

Much is said about English severity, but not a word about Irish provocation.

However much I have been blamed for not showing more deferences to a great party, and for not acting more steadily on party principles, all I have to regret is that I showed so much.

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.

There seem to me to be very few facts, at least ascertainable facts, in politics.