One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.
Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
2.
It is one of the misfortunes of our political system that parties are formed more with reference to controversies that are gone by than to the controversies which these parties have actually to decide.
Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
3.
I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals.
Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury
4.
Industry cannot flow unless cpaital is confident, and capital will not be confident as long as it fears that Parliament will meddle with it and walk off with its profits.