Never let it be forgotten that there is scarcely a single moral action of a single man of which other men can have such a knowledge, in its ultimate grounds, its surrounding incidents, and the real determining causes of its merits, as to warrant their pronouncing a conclusive judgment upon it.
Morley emphasizes the complexity of moral judgments and the limitations of human understanding in assessing actions.
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I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.
But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.
Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.
Do not weary or fret or nag him with your superior wisdom.
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