John Morley: “It is curious that some of the things that made men suspicious, were in fact the liveliest tokens of his sincerity and…”

This is no mere case of barren wrangle and verbal recrimination.

But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.

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.