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John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn Quotes

1838–1923 England

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Also known as: John Morley, Morley, John

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The intelligence is not free in the presence of a mortal fear lest its conclusions should trouble soft tranquillity of spirit.

On Compromise (1908)

Define it as we may, faith in Progress has been the mainspring of Liberalism in all its schools and branches.

The political spirit is the great force in throwing love of truth and accurate reasoning into a secondary place.

On Compromise (1908)

Nature, in her most dazzling aspects or stupendous parts, is but the background and theatre of the tragedy of man.

It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.

Rousseau (1876)

There are some books which cannot be adequately reviewed for twenty or thirty years after they come out.

Recollections (1917)

The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what to forget.

Recollections (1917)

In my creed, waste of public money is like the sin against the Holy Ghost.

Recollections (1917)

There is a loud cry in these days for clues that shall guide the plain man through the vast bewildering labyrinth of printed volumes.

You have not converted a man, because you have silenced him.

On Compromise (1874)

Where it is a duty to worship the sun it is pretty sure to be a crime to examine the laws of heat.

Voltaire (1871)

I submit that it is an Agreement that this country may not only be contented with, but proud of.

Simplicity of character is no hindrance to subtlety of intellect.

Life of Gladstone (1903)

Evolution is not a force but a process; not a cause but a law.

On Compromise (1874)

I am, and always have been, a pretty strong individualist.

Excess of severity is not the path to order. On the contrary, it is the path to the bomb.

Recollections (1917)

Those who would treat politics and morality apart will never understand the one or the other.

Rousseau (1876)

I am a theorist, but I detest the introduction of abstract principles into the great practical difficulties of this nation.

Do let us try to give a national, not a class tone to English politics .

Success depends on three things: who says it, what he says, how he says it; and of these three things, what he says is the least important.

Recollections (1917)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: John Morley, 1st Viscount Morley of Blackburn (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.