John Morley: “Who could wish the stories of Joseph and of Ruth to be otherwise than they are?”

I don't myself believe in artful diplomacy; I have no gift for it.

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

If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.

I would use my best endeavours to make these States independent in matters of administration.