"[The Irish] hate our order, our civilization, our enterprising industry, our pure religion. This wild, reckless, indolent, uncertain and superstitious race have no sympathy with the English character.…"

"The East is a career."

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

"Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action."

"How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct."