Nations Touch At Their Summits.

War Both Needs And Generates Certain Virtues; Not The Highest, But What May Be Called The Preliminary Virtues, As Valor, Veracity, The Spirit Of Obedience, The Habit Of Discipline. Any Of These, And Of Others Like Them, When Possessed By A Nation, And No Matter How Generated, Will Give Them A Military Advantage, And Make Them More Likely To Stay In The Race Of Nations.

A Parliament Is Nothing Less Than A Big Meeting Of More Or Less Idle People.

It Is Good To Be Without Vices, But It Is Not Good To Be Without Temptations.

But Of All Nations In The World The English Are Perhaps The Least A Nation Of Pure Philosophers.

Stupidity Is Nature's Favorite Resource For Preserving Consistency Of Opinion.