“I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?”

“I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect order, and I equally decry the appeal to the passions of the many or the prejudices of the few.”

“Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.”

“When I want to read a novel, I write one.”

“Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen.”

“Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.”

“Upon the education of the people of this country the fate of this country depends.”