Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury Professions : Former Lord Privy Seal Born : February 3, 1830 Died : August 22, 1903 Browse All Authors Top 4 quotes by Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means. Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury nuisance oracles mean Industry cannot flow unless cpaital is confident, and capital will not be confident as long as it fears that Parliament will meddle with it and walk off with its profits. Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury be-confident flow long It is one of the misfortunes of our political system that parties are formed more with reference to controversies that are gone by than to the controversies which these parties have actually to decide. Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury political party gone I rank myself no higher in the scheme of things than a policeman - whose utility would disappear if there were no criminals. Robert Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury schemes disappear criminals Similar Authors John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Normanby former-lord-privy-seal All Authors