If happily, by its intelligence and attractiveness, a Cabinet can gain a hold upon the great middle part of Parliament, it will continue to exist notwithstanding the hatching of small plots and the machinations of mean factions.
This quote emphasizes the importance of a Cabinet's ability to appeal to the majority in Parliament for its survival amidst political challenges.
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Savages waste away before modern civilisation; they seem to have held their ground before the ancient.
But as soon as the House met, Lord Thurlow became the greatest.
They have given what I may call a CONFIDENCE IN THE UNIVERSE.
But, above all things, they were frightened of 'the world;' the spectacle of nature filled them with awe and dread.
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