John Morley: “You will observe that its object is not to ascertain qualification, but to remove disqualification.”

I think any man who lays down a firm proposition that all is well, or any man who says that all is ill--either of those two men is probably wrong.

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

But the Poet Laureate has written his own song on the hearts of his countrymen that can never die.

We do not know how to leave India, and therefore let us see if we know how to govern it.