John Morley: “There is a saying of Burke’s from which I must utterly dissent.”

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.

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

What I expect is a healthful, slow fermentation in many minds, working towards the final product.

But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.