John Morley: “It is the height of folly to refuse to rally sensible people, because we do not satisfy Extremists.”

It would be a happy day for the Peace Society that should give the colonies a veto on imperial war.

How should we look in the face of the civilised world if we had so turned our back upon our duty and sovereign task?

I don't myself believe in artful diplomacy; I have no gift for it.

But Turgot was one of those severe and scrupulous souls, to whom a wicked promise does not cease to be degrading by becoming hypocritical.