February 16, 2025

It is no inglorious thing to have fear for the safety of our country, but to be turned from one’s course by men’s opinion

[On hearing Lady Mountbatten’s anti-monarchical views] How easy it seems for a semi-royal millionnairess, who has exhausted all the pleasures of money and position, to turn almost Communist!

The people as a body cannot deliberate. Nevertheless, they will feel an irresistible impulse to act