But the Irish people are not in the saddle, they are under it.
Indeed, the capital sin of Dublin Castle is that it is a bureaucracy which has seized upon the estate of the people.

In Ireland, under its _regime_, the nation has had as much to say to its own public policy as a Durbar-elephant has to say to the future of India.

There is just this difference in favour of the elephant: at least he has riot to pay for the embroidered palanquins, and the prodding-poles, of his riders.

We are all agreed that loyalty is a duty.

It is the duty of every government to be loyal to the welfare, the nobler traditions, the deep-rooted ideals, the habit of thought of its people.