It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is-the determination to maintain the Empire of England.

What I see in the amendment is not an assertion of great principles, which no man honours more than myself. What is at the bottom of it is rather that principl…

The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.

The danger at such a moment is that designing politicians may take advantage of such sublime sentiments and may apply them for the furtherance of their siniste…

If you want to maintain the superiority of your state at the present time, you must quickly enter into a coalition with Germany and Italy and thus restrain Eur…

Follow the road behind the Emperor. We must build the world for Japan's sake, heaven ordered Japan to achieve this great mission.

Where there is little or no public opinion, there is likely to be bad government, which sooner or later becomes autocratic government.