"All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people, all springs, and all must end."

"Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men."

"It is race, not religion that interests me."

"The Tories, because they are asses, can be induced by some outstanding personality, like Disraeli, to strike out boldly from time to time, which the Liberals are incapable of doing. But when no outsta…"

"Do not read history. Read biography for it is life without theory."