“Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.”

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.

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

A consistent soul believes in destiny, a capricious one in chance.

Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;

A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.

Where knowledge ends, religion begins.

Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.

Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.

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

William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.

The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.

The palace is not safe when the cottage is not happy.

In man-machine symbiosis, it is man who must adjust: The machines can’t.

There are voices crying what must be done, a hundred, a thousand voices.

When a man must force himself to be faithful in his love, this is hardly better than unfaithfulness.

Is life so wretched? Isn’t it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

Before we can pray, “Lord, Thy Kingdom come,” we must be willing to pray, “My Kingdom go.”

A win tonight is the minimum City must achieve

Souness critics must eat humble pie as he transforms Newcastle.

There will always be those who must look into the dark in order to see.