Good government is not about enforcing uniform order, but about maximising liberty among a particular people.

William Pitt the Elder doubts the wisdom of letting experts run the country.

Edmund Burke told fellow MPs that the only way to unite the peoples of the Empire was for London to set them an enviable example.

David Hume encourages politicians to put away their distrust of other countries, and allow free trade to flourish.

William Pitt the Elder berates Parliament for treating the public like know-nothings.

If freedom and democracy are to have any meaning, the public must be able to talk back to their governors.