Facts about William E. Gladstone

Occup.Leader
FromUnited Kingdom
BornDecember 29, 1809
DiedMay 19, 1898
Aged88 years

Summary

William E. Gladstone was a famous Leader from United Kingdom, who lived between December 29, 1809 and May 19, 1898. He/she became 88 years old.

Our collection contains 20 quotes who is written / told by William, under the main topics: Politics - Government - Legal.

20 Famous quotes by William E. Gladstone

Small: Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated min
"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"
Small: 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"
Small: Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, reme
"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"
Small: All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes
"All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes"
Small: We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world
"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"
Small: There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, b
"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"
Small: Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right
"Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right"
Small: Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you wont have to hunt for happiness
"Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness"
Small: Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home
"Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home"
Small: Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet but among even the successful wr
"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"
Small: You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side
"You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side"
Small: Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered
"Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear"
Small: Justice delayed is justice denied
"Justice delayed is justice denied"
Small: The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of all the countries in
"The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of all the countries in the would"
Small: It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right
"It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right"
Small: 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"
Small: Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race
"Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race"
Small: No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes
"No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes"
Small: We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I woul
"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"
Small: No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes
"No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes"