“ Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is not content to be the average man. Dean William R. Inge
“ The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states - Israel Athens Florence Elizabethan England. Dean William R. Inge
“ Many people believe they are attracted by God or by Nature when they are only repelled by Man. Dean William R. Inge
“ Man as we know him is a poor creature but he is halfway between an ape and a god and he is travelling in the right direction. Dean William R. Inge
“ The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions and would soon bring to an end all the static Utopias and the farmyard civilization of the Fabia… Dean William R. Inge
“ There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it is better.' Dean William R. Inge
“ It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion. Dean William R. Inge
“ The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born. Dean William R. Inge
“ A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it. Dean William R. Inge
“ Public opinion a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to be the average man. Dean William R. Inge
“ It is said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things and himself of anything. Dean William R. Inge
“ The whole of nature is a conjugation of the verb to eat in the active and passive. Dean William R. Inge
“ Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not. Dean William R. Inge
