Public Calamity Is A Mighty Leveller.

Parliament Is Not A Congress Of Ambassadors From Different And Hostile Interests; Which Interests Each Must Maintain, As An Agent And Advocate, Against Other Agents And Advocates; But Parliament Is A Deliberative Assembly Of One Nation, With One Interest, That Of The Whole; Where, Not Local Purposes, Not Local Prejudices Ought To Guide, But The General Good, Resulting From The General Reason Of The Whole. You Choose A Member Indeed; But When You Have Chosen Him, He Is Not A Member Of Bristol, But He Is A Member Of Parliament.

All The Forces Of Darkness Need To Succeed ... Is For The People To Do Nothing.

Liberty Must Be Limited In Order To Be Possessed.

A Coward's Courage Is In His Tongue.

Circumspection And Caution Are Part Of Wisdom.