John Morley: “Their purpose has been to offer justice to all, and their hope has been that what was just would be seen to be…”

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

If the idea was the direct gift of heaven, the policy was due to the sagacity and mother-wit of the great ecclesiastical statesmen.

I would use my best endeavours to make these States independent in matters of administration.

It would be a happy day for the Peace Society that should give the colonies a veto on imperial war.