He was uniformly of an opinion which, though not a popular one, he was ready to aver, that the right of governing was not property, but a trust.

There is no man who hates the power of the crown more, or who has a worse opinion of the Person to whom it belongs than I.

Men are entitled to equal rights-but to equal rights to unequal things.

I prefer the hardest terms of peace to the most just war.

Kings govern by popular assemblies only when they cannot do without them.

All political power is a trust.

Opinions become dangerous to a state only when persecution makes it necessary for the people to communicate their ideas under the bond of secrecy.

The worst of revolutions is a restoration.

[Napoleon has now] surpassed...Alexander & Caesar, not to mention the great advantage he has over them in the Cause he fights in.

There is not a power in Europe, no not even Bonaparte's that is so unlimited [as the British monarchy].

Illustrious man! deriving honor less from the splendor of his situation than from the dignity of his mind.

Only one life, it will soon be past, only what’s done for Christ will last.

A good expository paper will benefit far more people than most research papers. A good text is worth a thousand of the usual trifles that appear in research journals.

I love humanity, surprisingly, as I observe 21st century with hawk eyed vision, I realize the more I love humanity the less I love Human as an individual.

...two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary.

A picture must possess a real power to generate light and for a long time now I've been conscious of expressing myself through light or rather in light.

Entrepreneurs do more than anyone thinks possible, with less than anyone thinks possible.

Europe is and will be a Union of States.

Acedia is not in every dictionary; just in every heart.

When it comes to pinning blame, pin the tail on the donkeys.

People say what we're doing is holding out when in reality the teams are trying to crush the draft market because they don't want to pay fair market value.