"I turn to the past to learn its story without any preconceived opinion what that story may be. I do not assume that o…"

"What is tolerance nowadays? Is it a moral virtue in the possessor, or is it a recognition of a necessity arising from…"

"The possession of a clear and definite ideal of society seems to me dangerous to its possessors. The Mediaeval Church…"

"You judge the whole question of persecution more rigorously than I do. Society is an organism, and its laws are an ex…"

"The tolerant man has decided opinions, but recognises the process by which he reaches them, and keeps before himself …"

"Few men, I imagine, who become great started on their career with the intention of becoming so. The intention general…"

"I do not wish to command so much as to persuade. I wish to induce people to see themselves as others see them, to reg…"

"No people do so much harm as those who go about doing good."

"... As for his scepticism, it was of a discriminating kind: it had its limits. It was the scepticism of a man endowed…"

"It is clear that there are as many different languages as peoples in this island. The Scots, however, and the Welsh, …"