Agitation Is The Marshalling Of The Conscience

There Seem To Me To Be Very Few Facts, At Least Ascertainable Facts, In Politics.

Public Opinion Is A Compound Of Folly, Weakness, Prejudice, Wrong Feeling, Right Feeling, Obstinacy, And Newspaper Paragraphs.

However Much I Have Been Blamed For Not Showing More Deferences To A Great Party, And For Not Acting More Steadily On Party Principles, All I Have To Regret Is That I Showed So Much.

The Distinction Of Being Without An Honour Is Becoming A Rare And Valuable One And Should Not Become Extinct.

Can There Be A More Lamentable Picture Than That Of A Chancellor Of The Exchequer Seated On An Empty Chest By A Pool Of Bottomless Deficiency Fishing For A Budget?