"half Christendom worships a Jewess, and the other half a Jew…. Which is the superior race, the worshipped or the worshippers?"

"The most fatal error possible in politics is that of ignoring the spirit of the age."

"The people are not strong: the people never can be strong. Their attempts at self-vindication will end only in their suffering and confusion."

"The poor are very well off, at least the agricultural poor, very well off indeed. Their incomes are certain, that is a great point, and they have no cares, no anxieties; they always have a resource, t…"

"In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable."