Walter Bagehot: “The persecuting tendency of all savages, and, indeed, of all ignorant people, is even more striking than their imitative…”

We have thus a whole group of ancient republics of non-Aryan race, and one which, being more ancient than the classical republics, could not have borrowed from or imitated them.

I do not think I put this too high when I say that a most important if not the most important object of early legislation was the enforcement of LUCKY rites.

Nothing promotes intellect like intellectual discussion, and nothing promotes intellectual discussion so much as government by discussion.

The moderate people of every party must combine to support the Government which, on the whole, suits every party best.