Occupation: British Statesman Birth: June 3, 1804 Death: April 2, 1865
the principles of political economy have elevated the working class above the place they ever filled before..
From 1836, down to last year, there is no proof of the Government having any confidence in the duration of peace, or possessing increased security ag….
I believe it has been said that one copy of The Times contains more useful information than the whole of the historical works of Thucydides..
I am not accustomed to pay fulsome compliments to the English, by telling them that they are superior to all the world; but this I can say, that they….
I confess that for fifteen years my efforts in education, and my hopes of success in establishing a system of national education, have always been as….
The landlords are not agriculturists; that is an abuse of terms which has been too long tolerated..
I hold all idea of regulating the currency to be an absurdity; the very terms of regulating the currency and managing the currency I look upon to be ….
I cannot separate the finances of India from those of England. If the finances of the Indian Government receive any severe and irreparable check, wil….
Wars have ever been but another aristocratic mode of plundering and oppressing commerce..
This great oracle of the East India Company himself admits that, if there is no power vested in the Court of Directors but that of the patronage, the….
Luck relies on chance, labor on character..
I've seen the smiling of Fortune beguiling, I've felt all its favours and found its decay; Sweet was its blessing, kind its caressing, But now it is ….
You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan….
I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the….
People who eat potatoes will never be able to perform their abilities in whatever job they choose to have..
I therefore declare, that if you wish any remission of the taxation which falls upon the homes of the people of England and Wales, you can only find ….
It has been one of my difficulties, in arguing this question out of doors with friends or strangers, that I rarely find any intelligible agreement as….
A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment..
The idea of defending, as integral parts of our Empire, countries 10,000 miles off, like Australia, which neither pay a shilling to our revenue... no….
But it is my happiness to be half Welsh, and that the better half..
Peace will come to earth when the people have more to do with each other and governments less..