"Despotism is a legitimate mode of government in dealing with barbarians, provided the end be their improvement, and the means justified by actually effecting that end."

"The principle of utility is capable of receiving proof, only by showing that the only things desirable as ends are happiness and freedom from pain."

"The strongest argument for representative government is, that it is a security for good government."

"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things: the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war, is much worse."

"The strongest of all arguments against the present constitution of society is, that it does not permit the free development of every individual."