Charles Dickens

I have no patience with people who are always complaining about everything.

I have a profound distrust of all forms of religious enthusiasm.

I am not a very religious man, in the common acceptation of the term.

I have a great objection to all forms of cant and hypocrisy.

I am not a believer in the wisdom of crowds.

I think that the English people are, on the whole, a very dull people.

I have a strong dislike for all forms of political humbug.

I am not a man of very strong political opinions, but I have some.

I have no patience with people who are always talking about their own grievances.

I am not a great admirer of the British Constitution.

I think the English people are a very conservative people.

I have a great contempt for all forms of class distinction.

I am not a believer in the doctrine of original sin.

I am not a great admirer of the English aristocracy.

I have a great contempt for all forms of snobbery.

I am not a believer in the divine right of kings.

I think the English people are a very dull and uninteresting people.

I have a great contempt for all forms of political corruption.

I am not a believer in the perfectibility of human nature.

I think the English people are a very narrow-minded people.