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

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

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

Of all the vulgar arts of government, that of solving every difficulty that might arise by thrusting the hand into the public purse is the most illusory and contemptible.

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

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?

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.