John Morley: “Will that unity in belief be promoted or impaired by the free action of mind within her, subjected to order?”

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.

Is it natural effervescence, or is it deadly fermentation?

What I wish to insist upon is, not that that system was good, but that the statesman who undertook to overthrow it, should have had something to put in its place.

I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.