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.
John Morley discusses the backlash faced by those who criticize popular wars, highlighting the societal tendency to label dissenters negatively.
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It is a case so to speak of “limited liability.” We are bound in honour—you cannot put a legal construction upon it—to see in concert with others that these arrangements are maintained.
Can wool repair The colours that it lost when soaked with dye?
True merit once resigned, No trick nor feint will serve as well.
Gladstone protested against the bill as “inequitable, unusual, and unwise,” and it was largely modified in committee.
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