Blunders in Government.—How right Napoleon was when he said, reflecting on all the vast complexities of government, that the best to be said of a statesman is that he has avoided the biggest blunders.
This quote reflects John Morley's view on the complexities of governance and the importance of avoiding major mistakes as a statesman.
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But we have no right to cast on him any responsibility beyond what is strictly military.
How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?
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.
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.
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