John Morley: “The great issue was thus at last brought suddenly and nakedly into view.”

The plan for Ireland ought to be produced by the government of the day.

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.

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

Yet they had certainly no less value and truth than they ever had, and perhaps were more needed than ever in face of the present chaos of opinion.