John Morley: “And unless we somehow or other can reconcile order with satisfaction of those ideas and aspirations, gentlemen, the…”

If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.

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.

There lay Ireland,—squalid, dismal, sullen, dull, expectant, sunk deep in hostile intent.

But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.