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I am a Conservative to preserve all that is good in our constitution, a Radical to remove all that is bad. I seek to preserve property and to respect ...more

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Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

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Nationality is the miracle of political independence race is the principle of physical analogy.

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We are all born for love it is the principle of existence and its only end.

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Sir, I shall not defeat you - I shall transcend you.

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A majority is always better than the best repartee.

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For life in general there is but one decree: youth is a blunder manhood a struggle old age a regret.

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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable for in politics there is no honour.

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Damn your principles! Stick to your party!

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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

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You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

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In politics, nothing is contemptible.