"I deny that a people can govern itself. Self-government is a contradiction in terms. Whatever form a government assumes, power must be exercised by a minority of numbers."

"He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet."

"The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right."

"All power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people, and for the people, all springs, and all must end."

"Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful."