Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

King Louis Philippe once said to me that he attributed the great success of the British nation in political life to their talking politics after dinner.

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future.

My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.