Quotes by Byron, Lord

I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much >>

Man is born passionate of body, but with an innate though secret tende >>

Yes! Ready money is Aladdin's lamp. >>

Quotations about Politicians and Politics

The old parties are husks, with no real soul within either, divided on >>

The first mistake in public business is going into it. >>

A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer -- that is, a coward to bo >>

I have simplified my politics into an utter detestation of all existing governments; and, as it is the shortest and most agreeable and summary feeling imaginable, the first moment of an universal republic would convert me into an advocate for single and uncontradicted despotism. The fact is, riches are power, and poverty is slavery all over the earth, and one sort of establishment is no better, nor worse, for a people than another.

Byron, Lord