The Greatest Mistake Is Trying

So Long As War Is The Main Business Of Nations, Temporary Despotism - Despotism During The Campaign - Is Indispensable.

Royalty Is A Government In Which The Attention Of The Nation Is Concentrated On One Person Doing Interesting Actions. A Republic Is A Government In Which That Attention Is Divided Between Many, Who Are All Doing Uninteresting Actions. Accordingly, So Long As The Human Heart Is Strong And The Human Reason Weak, Royalty Will Be Strong Because It Appeals To Diffused Feeling, And Republics Weak Because They Appeal To The Understanding.

A Severe Though Not Unfriendly Critic Of Our Institutions Said That The Cure For Admiring The House Of Lords Was To Go And Look At It.

A Cabinet Is A Combining Committee, A Hyphen Which Joins, A Buckle Which Fastens, The Legislative Part Of The State To The Executive Part Of The State. In Its Origin It Belongs To The One, In Its Functions It Belongs To The Other.

Throughout The Greater Part Of His Life George Iii Was A Kind Of 'consecrated Obstruction'.