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

The police are the public and the public are the police; the police being only members of the public who are paid to give full time attention to duties which are incumbent on every citizen in the interests of community welfare and existence.

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

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

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

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.

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