It is patent on the face of history that the aggregates of men who form communities, like the aggregates of atoms that form living bodies, are subjec… - Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury

The struggle for power in our day lies not between Crown and people, or between a caste of nobles and a bourgeoisie, but between the classes who have property and the classes who have none.

I believe that any repeal of the Union [with Ireland] or any substantial tampering with it is fraught with danger to this country. That has always been the opinion of the Conservative party and always will remain so. It is granting a separate government and separate executive. ... The result is that the [Protestant] minority will not only have laws passed of which they disapprove, but they will have to depend on the toleration and good will of their enemies for the common privileges of civilised life and securities.

War is righteous or unrighteous according as it is opportune or inopportune.