The Temple Of Silence And Reconciliation.

Many Politicians Are In The Habit Of Laying It Down As A Self-evident Proposition That No People Ought To Be Free Till They Are Fit To Use Their Freedom. The Maxim Is Worthy Of The Fool In The Old Story Who Resolved Not To Go Into The Water Till He Had Learned To Swim.

The Great Cause Of Revolutions Is This, That While Nations Move Onward, Constitutions Stand Still.

The Highest Eulogy Which Can Be Pronounced On The Revolution Of 1688 Is This That This Was Our Last Revolution.

He Had Done That Which Could Never Be Forgiven; He Was In The Grasp Of One Who Never Forgave.

The Maxim, That Governments Ought To Train The People In The Way In Which They Should Go, Sounds Well. But Is There Any Reason For Believing That A Government Is More Likely To Lead The People In The Right Way Than The People To Fall Into The Right Way Of Themselves?