I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resis… - Benjamin Disraeli

Nothing can resist a human will that will stake its existence on a purpose

A wise Government, allying itself with religion, would, as it were, consecrate society and sanctify the State. But how is this to be done? It is the problem of modern politics which has always most embarrassed statesmen. No solution of the difficulty can be found in salaried priesthoods and complicated concordats. But by the side of the State in England there has gradually arisen a majestic corporation wealthy, powerful, independent with the sanctity of a long tradition, yet sympathising with authority, and full of conciliation, even deference, to the civil power. Broadly and deeply planted in the land, mixed up with all our manners and customs, one of the main guarantees of our local government, and therefore one of the prime securities of our common liberties, the Church of England is part of our history, part of our life, part of England itself.

The greatest good you can do for another is not just share your riches, but reveal to them their own.

That is an apology, not an explanation; and apologies only account for that which they do not alter.