The old Romans all wished to have a king over them because they had not yet tasted the sweetness of freedom. – Titus Livius
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies resources, and minimized their own. – Titus Livius
Many difficulties which nature throws in our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence. – Titus Livius
When a Cabinet Minister who is sacked for telling lies is re-appointed, in the face of every constitutional convention, only for the same man to be sacked again from the same Cabinet for the same offence by the same Prime Minister no wonder the public are cynical about politics. – William Hague