A government of statesmen or of clerks? Of Humbug or Humdrum?

No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition. It reduces their supporters to that tractable number which can be managed by the joint influe…

Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for Antiquity, it offers no redress for the Present,…

When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.

Traditional leadership is based on ascription. In former times, there was some degree of flexibility which enabled change. This was based on prowess in war and…

So they go on in strange paradox, decided only to be undecided, resolved to be irresolute, adamant for drift, solid for fluidity, all-powerful to be impotent.

Nie chce, ale musze. (often written Nie chcem, ale muszem. to underline the accent)