Secrecy, again, prevents the statesman from weighing or testing the forces in character, stability, persistency, of the men by whom a majority has been built up, and on whose fidelity his power of action must depend.
Morley discusses the detrimental effects of secrecy on a statesman's ability to understand the electorate's character and stability.
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Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.
I think they will commit a great error if they take this course.
He was a soldier of infinite personal courage and daring; of striking military energy, initiative, and resource; a high, pure, and single character, dwelling much in the region of the unseen.
But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
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