"[T]he possession of great power necessarily implies great responsibility."

"If I'd been Lord Grey, I would have knocked him down."

"It is...in my humble opinion, not a desirable thing for us to be dependent for our nourishment on foreign supplies, a…"

"I now, my Lords, frankly declare that I resume office unequivocally and solely for this reason—that I will not abando…"

"[T]hough I am ready to consider any measure for the purpose of alleviating that distress, I can never hold forth that…"

"I say, Archbishop, all this reforming gives a deuced deal of trouble, eh? eh? I wish they'd let it all alone...I say,…"

"Agitate, agitate, agitate."

"By the bye, there is one thing we haven't agreed upon, which is, what we are to say. Is it to make our corn dearer or…"

"I wish I were as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything."

"My principles are, as I believe, the Whig principles of the revolution. The main foundation of them is the irresponsi…"