John Morley: “He thought he saw a way of getting something done for Ireland; the Irish people had given him a commission; he should…”

All alike concerned themselves with its truth or falsehood, with what they counted to be its abstract fitness or unfitness.

I am trying to feel my way through the most difficult problem, the most difficult situation that a responsible Government can have to face.

The omnipotent though not omniscient divinity called public opinion intervened.

This was a complete falsification of a whole set of our national promises.