On Compromise Quotes

“You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.”
― John Morley, On Compromise

“It is worth while to take the pains to find out the best way of doing a given task,.....'to scorn delight and live laborious days' in order to make as sure as we can of having the best opinion.”
― John Morley, On Compromise

“The modern emancipation will profit us very little if the status quo is to be fastened round our necks with the despotic authority of a heavenly dispensation, and if in the stead of ancient Scriptures we are to accept the plenary inspiration of Majorities.”
― John Morley, On Compromise