Quote by Lord Palmerston
"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."
More from Lord Palmerston
"The function of government is to calm, not to excite the passions of the people."
"I therefore fearlessly challenge the verdict which this House is going to give."
"Politics is the art of the possible."
"The British people are as much attached to their freedom and independence as any people in the world."