John Morley: “In accepting an approver you do not incite him to do what is in itself wrong; only his own bad mind can make it wrong to…”

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

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

But they were barren of any institutions by which the country could be governed and kept in prosperity for the future.”(166) This is a statement of the case that biographer and historian alike should ponder.

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