“
Providence meant mankind to be divided into separate nations, and
for this purpose countries have been bounded by natural barriers,
and races of men have been distinguished by separate languages,
habits, manners, dispositions, and characters…” (1848)
“…We
have in the first place to say that the Business of an English
Government, is to pursue that course of Foreign Policy which on the
whole they may think right; and not to attempt the impossible task
of at all times and upon all subjects doing that which is agreeable
to all Foreign Governments. A man who in private life attempts to
please everyone,
invariably fails; and the Government of a great
country would not be more successful in such an endeavour…
. It
must at times be an advantage to a foreign Prince…in the present
state of the continent to visit England and to see with his own
eyes, how Liberty may be combined with Loyalty, Freedom with public
order, and how the Respect which is shown by the Crown for the
Rights of the Subject and for the enactment of the Law produces
corresponding Feelings on the Part of the People and inspires them
with similar Respect for the Rights of the Crown and for the Laws
which secure the Liberties and the Property of all , from the
highest to the lowest in the Land. ”