John Morley: “It is impossible to imagine a question on which in a free government it was more essential to carry public opinion with…”

My desire is thoroughly to shake up all the materials of the question.

Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.

What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.

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