John Morley: “Never on any single occasion since this government was formed has his voice been raised in the cabinet for economy.”

What I endeavoured to show was that King George III., without changing his opinion of the justice of his war against the colonies, was obliged to give it up on account of a change of public opinion, and was not open to blame for so doing.

If I were going to remain Indian Secretary for some time to come, my every effort would be devoted to an abatement of that enormous amount of writing.

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.

We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.