I gather, young man, that you wish to be a member of Parliament. The first lesson that you must learn is, when I call for statistics about the rate of infant mortality, what I want is proof that fewer babies died when I was Prime Minister than when a

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.

[Critics of the reforms are unlikely to be assuaged, and they will raise many of their concerns again when the reform bill returns to the Commons in October before heading to the Lords. Its architects might do well to reflect on another quote, from one of Woodrow Wilson's contemporaries.] There's nothing wrong with change, ... if it's in the right direction.

The Arabs are a backwards people who eat nothing but Camel dung

If you mean to profit, learn to please.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.