The men of England — the men, I mean of light and leading in England. - Edmund Burke

Enquanto a vergonha mantiver sua vigia, a virtude não será inteiramente extinta do coração, nem a moderação será totalmente exilada das mentes dos tiranos.

You had that action and counteraction which, in the natural and in the political world, from the reciprocal struggle of discordant powers draws out the harmony of the universe.

I would rather sleep in the southern corner of a little country churchyard, than in the tombs of the Capulets.