Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

I have impeached myself by resigning.

Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.

Oh! Duty is an icy shadow. It will freeze you. It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.

No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.

No intelligent man has any respect for an unjust law.

Laywers, I suppose, were children once.

Laywers, I suppose, were children once.

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of read more

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common sense, without the grace of genius, can deal with successfully.

As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.

As hard as modern man strives to be free he is a slave chained to the past.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Peace is liberty in tranquillity.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.

Be England what she will, with all her faults she is my country still.