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

"Two nations; between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of di…"

"The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend."

"Power has only one duty — to secure the social welfare of the people."