“
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. ”