Thus our democracy was from an early period the most aristocratic, and our aristocracy the most democratic.

Highest among those who have exhibited human nature by means of dialogue stands Shakespeare. His variety is like the variety of nature,--endless diversity, scarcely any monstrosity.

People who take no pride in the noble achievements of remote ancestors will never achieve anything worthy to be remembered with pride by remote descendants.

The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.

The Church is the handmaid of tyranny and the steady enemy of liberty.

Free trade, one of the greatest blessings which a government can confer on a people, is in almost every country unpopular.

A beggarly people, A church and no steeple.