Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. – Walter Bagehot
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. – Walter Bagehot

Conquest is the missionary of valor, and the hard impact of military virtues beats meanness out of the world. – Walter Bagehot
A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities. – Walter Bagehot
Progress would not have been the rarity it is if the early food had not been the late poison. – Walter Bagehot
Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other mens thoughts, to speak other mens words, to follow other mens habits. – Walter Bagehot