Theoretical principals must sometimes give way for the sake of practical advantages.
If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms never never never!
Confidence is a plant of slow growth in an aged heart.
Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.
Unlimited power corrupts the possessor.
