"It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique."
"In my books I might hold the mirror to my own face. If others would like to borrow the mirror, they're welcome. The books aren't there to accuse others - merely to raise issues and keep the debates alive."
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Source: The Public and Private Life of Lord Chancellor Eldon: With Selections from His Correspondence. Book by Horace Twiss, 1844.
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