William Smith O'Brien

An officer who is liable to be dismissed upon every change of Government naturally feels little interest in performing faithfully the duties of his situation. His thoughts are rather directed to the necessity of making provision for the …

Secret voting tends to check the mercenary traffic which often takes place between the candidate and the elector.

A people desirous to preserve their freedom cannot be too jealous in watching the encroachment of a centralizing spirit.

History supplies us with examples of almost every possible modification of government.

Peculiarities of national character, traditional ideas, feelings, and habits, as well as local circumstances of various kinds must be taken into account in moulding the political institutions of each country.

I believe as firmly as I believe any other historical truth—that no nation ever suffered so much from another nation as the Irish have suffered from the English—or for so long a time.