"Why should one say that the machine does not live? It breathes, for its breath forms the atmosphere of some towns."

"No government can be long secure without a formidable opposition."

"The noble lord is the Prince Rupert of parliamentary discussion: his charge is resistless, but when he returns from the pursuit he always finds his camp in the possession of the enemy."

"The world is weary of the statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians."

"A university should be a place of light, of liberty, and of learning."