For these lands, and, I say, especially the northern parts of America, suffered so terribly from the full force of the last days of civilisation, and… - William Morris

Ricchezza è quello che la Natura ci dà e quello che un uomo assennato può trarre dai suoi doni per farne un uso ragionevole. La luce del sole, l'aria fresca, l'incontaminato volto della Terra, e quanto abbisogni di cibo, vestiario e alloggio decenti; l'accumulo di conoscenze di ogni tipo, e il potere di diffonderle; i mezzi con cui gli uomini possono liberamente comunicare fra loro; le opere d'arte, la bellezza che l'uomo crea quanto è uomo nel senso più alto, animato da aspirazioni e premura per gli altri; tutte cose al servizio del piacere della gente, libere, degne di un uomo e incorrotte. Questa è la ricchezza.

What man art thou that thus hast wandered here, And found this lonely chamber where I dwell? Beware, beware! for I have many a spell; If greed of power and gold have led thee on, Not lightly shall this untold wealth be won. But if thou com'st here knowing of my tale, In hope to bear away my body fair, Stout must thine heart be, nor shall that avail If thou a wicked soul in thee dost bear; So once again I bid thee to beware, Because no base man things like this may see, And live thereafter long and happily.

[The Liberals are] men possessed of property, but not of principles, whose consciences are just strong enough for them to dislike being called Conservatives, so long as they believe their property to be safe; but who will have to put up with being called reactionists about the time when their property seems to be in any danger. These politicians, who in fact are just hanging on till they see which way the cat is going to jump, are, of course, much the strongest party in our middle-class state, and since 1880 have had a good time indeed in dragging the conscientious Radicals who brought them into power though some of the dirtiest puddles in English history.