Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

Was not necessity the plea of every illegal exertion of power or exercise of oppression?...Necessity is the plea for very infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves.

Trade increases the wealth and glory of a country; but its real strength and stamina are to be looked for among the cultivators of the land.

Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged bosom.

Don't talk to me about a man's being able to talk sense; everyone can talk sense. Can he talk nonsense?

I think I could eat one of Bellamy's veal pies.

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.