His political purpose from beginning to end, I am entirely convinced, has been to serve what he conceives to be the highest interests of his country.

I regard him in the matter of intention as one of the most honourable and courageous men of the day.
But he is reckless in the means he employs to achieve his ends.

I should say he has no moral scruples in a fight, none at all; I doubt very much if he ever asks himself if anything is right or wrong.

I should say that he has only one question to ask of fate before he strips for a fight--is this thing going to be Success or Failure?
In many matters of great importance he has been right, so right that we are apt to forget the number of times he has been wrong.

Whether he may not be charged in some measure at least with the guilt of the war, whether he is not responsible for the great bitterness of international feelings which characterized Europe during the last twenty years, is a question that must be left to the historian.