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William E. Gladstone Quotes

William E. Gladstone quotes

British Leader December 29, 1809 – May 19, 1898

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We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. William E. Gladstone
Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own. William E. Gladstone
William E. Gladstone quote: "It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes."
It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes. William E. Gladstone
There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many generations within the shores of this happy isle, that in freedom you lay the firmest foundations both of loyalty and order. William E. Gladstone
William E. Gladstone quote: "Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both,..."
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness. William E. Gladstone
We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe. William E. Gladstone
If you are cold, tea will warm you; if you are too heated, it will cool you; If you are depressed, it will cheer you; If you are excited, it will calm you. William E. Gladstone
Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions. William E. Gladstone
Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. William E. Gladstone
William E. Gladstone quote: "Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence...."
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. William E. Gladstone
William E. Gladstone quote: "Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government..."
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. William E. Gladstone
William E. Gladstone quote: "You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side."
You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side. William E. Gladstone
William E. Gladstone quote: "Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong."
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. William E. Gladstone
Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome. William E. Gladstone
We know quite well that the people of the Northern States have not yet drunk of the cup -- they are still trying to hold it far from their lips -- which all the rest of the world see they nevertheless must drink of. We may have our own opinions about slavery; we may be for or against the South; but there is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have made an army; they are making, it appears, a navy; and they have made, what is more than either, they have made a nation. William E. Gladstone

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