In their impatient moments they dismissed him as an opportunist, but whenever there was a chance of getting anything done, they mostly found that he was the only man with courage and resolution enough to attempt to do it.
Morley discusses the perception of Gladstone as an opportunist, yet acknowledges his unique courage to act when needed.
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Individuals may recover from even serious sickness; it does not appear to be the way with governments.”—Mr.
If they, situated exactly as we are, decline to join, we are not bound single-handed to make up the deficiencies of the rest.
For this line of contention he was called an “unpatriotic trumpet of disaster,” and other names commonly bestowed on all men in all countries who venture to say that what chances for the hour to be a popular war is a blunder.
True merit once resigned, No trick nor feint will serve as well.
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