Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Fear is the foundation of most governments.

Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

England is the mother of parliaments.

England is the mother of parliaments.

The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

The best minds in government? If any were, business would hire them away.

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has read more

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

Wherever you have an efficient government you have a dictatorship.

I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.

I am for Peace, for Retrenchment, and for Reform,--thirty years
ago the great watchwords of the great Liberal Party.

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga read more

So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virga sive bacillum vere superius
inflexum sit.]

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.

It's not the voting that's democracy; it's the counting.