John Morley: “The rude, monstrous, shameful and shameless attacks which you have endured, do but endear you to the nation.”

No: not at all; because there is so much, I will not say of random variety, but there is so much independent use of mind upon the facts that we have to deal with, that I listen with endless edification and instruction.

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

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

We ought to be able to separate in thought the question of the grounds and evidence for a given dogma being true, from the distinct and purely historic question of the social and intellectual conditions which made men accept it for true.