"For a quarter of a century, at least, he was without question the first public servant of England; not the first in p…"

"[W]hat was Peel really notable for? It was surely the perfection of what may be called “concessionary” Conservatism. …"

"[F]or God's sake, be sure, if the King is driven to the wall, of Peel. An appeal to him and his countrymen could not …"

"Whether he was a model of statesmanship may be doubted. Models of statesmanship are rare, if by a model of statesmans…"

"Peel is, in fact, the embodied reflex of the public mind of England."

"Peel's speech is, to me, the most affecting public event which I ever remember: no return of Cicero from exile, no tr…"

"[T]he right hon. Baronet at the head of the Government is a man of considerable capabilities as a legislator: he poss…"

"Lord Robert Cecil while at Oxford occasionally joined in the debates of the Union Society, taking the strong Tory sid…"

"[T]he people at large did care and enthusiastically care for the Conservative statesman who had sacrificed power to g…"

"He says no other Minister but Sir Robert Peel could have carried the repeal of the Corn Laws; that half the commercia…"