Quotes by Melbourne, Lord

That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I a >>

Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered >>

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything. >>

Quotations about Policy

A policy is a temporary creed liable to be changed, but while it holds >>

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principle >>

You do the policy, I'll do the politics. >>

My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it.

Melbourne, Lord