"Governments do not govern, but merely control the machinery of government, being themselves controlled by the hidden hand."

"Ah, Ireland... That damnable, delightful country, where everything that is right is the opposite of what it ought to be."

"Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions."

"I must follow the people. Am I not their leader?"

"Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man."