Life Is Too Short To Be Little.

Why, I Say, That To Tax The Community For The Advantage Of A Class Is Not Protection; It Is Plunder, And I Entirely Disclaim It; But I Ask You To Protect The Rights And Interests Of Labour Generally In The First Place, By Allowing No Free Imports From Countries Which Meet You With Countervailing Duties; And, In The Second Place, With Respect To Agricultural Produce, To Compensate The Soil For The Burdens From Which Other Classes Are Free By An Equivalent Duty. This Is My View Of What Is Called "protection."

He Was Distinguished For Ignorance; For He Had Only One Idea, And That Was Wrong.

What Is Wanted In Architecture, As In So Many Things, Is A Man. ... One Suggestion Might Be Made-no Profession In England Has Done Its Duty Until It Has Furnished A Victim. ... Even Our Boasted Navy Never Achieved A Great Victory Until We Shot An Admiral. Suppose An Architect Were Hanged? Terror Has Its Inspiration, As Well As Competition.

The Italians Say It Is Not Necessary To Be A Stag; But We Ought Not To Be A Tortoise.

The Tone And Tendency Of Liberalism...is To Attack The Institutions Of The Country Under The Name Of Reform And To Make War On The Manners And Customs Of The People Under The Pretext Of Progress.