John Morley: “There were several mental virtues that he possessed in a degree very peculiar; there were, I think, one or two in which…”

With a few exceptions, a political speech like the manna in the wilderness loses its savour on the second day.

But as I read it, as I listen to serious Indian experts with large experience, it all sounds estrangement and alienation even though it be no worse than superficial.

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.

Turgot was one of the men to whom good government is a religion.