Benjamin Disraeli: “And it must be borne in mind that he never offered his opinion on any subject which he had not diligently investigated…”

No series of parliamentary labours had ever produced so much influence in the country in so short a time.

Whenever a great question arose, the people out of doors went to Lord George Bentinck, and when the discussion commenced, he was always found to be the man armed with the authority of knowledge.

The forms of the House of Commons are the result of accumulated experience and have rarely been tampered with successfully, while on the other hand a parliamentary government is by name and nature essentially a government of discussion.

In these days of labour, the leader of a party must be the man who does the work, and that work cannot now be accomplished without the devotion of a life.