"I know that I possess the sympathy and the goodwill of the working-classes of the Burghs. I say I know it. Not that I…"

"My appearance in such a proud posture is owing to the support I have received from my friends of the working classes.…"

"Now, Sir, even supposing—which many may doubt—that it is advisable to supplement at the University the religious trai…"

"This is not, I say, a sectarian question, it is a national question; it is not a question of aggrandizing or denuding…"

"In general, we, who are in favour of compulsory education, are told that it is impracticable...because it is opposed …"

"There would be, in fact, in Scotland, when this Bill received its full development, a purely and entirely denominatio…"

"The United Presbyterian Church was a purely voluntary association; and with regard to the Free Church, there was some…"

"He was entirely in favour of minimizing public-houses. He thought too many facilities for drinking existed in Scotlan…"

"Liberal politics meant the politics of common-sense."

"There are many who croak that the decadence of the Empire has commenced. I am no believer in anything of that sort. I…"