William E. Gladstone
William E. Gladstone
William Ewart Gladstonewas a British Liberal politician. In a career lasting over sixty years, he served as Prime Minister four separate times, more than any other person, and served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times. Gladstone was also Britain's oldest Prime Minister; he resigned for the final time when he was 84 years old...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionLeader
Date of Birth29 December 1809
William E. Gladstone quotes about
men association virtuous-woman
Nothing more surely cultivates and embellishes a man than association with refined and virtuous women.
men sorrow purpose
Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he may go out of this world having, in his great sphere or his small one, done some little good for his fellow creatures and labored a little to diminish the sin and sorrow that are in the world.
ideas income economy
The idea of abolishing Income Tax is to me highly attractive, both on other grounds & because it tends to public economy.
book house unhappy
The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept. And the library must be dusted, must be arranged, must be catalogued. What a vista of toil, yet not unhappy toil!
country government greek
The hopelessness of the Turkish Government should make me witness with delight its being swept out of the countries which it tortures. Next to the Ottoman Government nothing can be more deplorable and blameworthy than jealousies between Greek and Slav and plans by the States already existing for appropriating other territory. Why not Macedonia for the Macedonians as well as Bulgaria for the Bulgarians and Serbia for the Serbians?
design effort independence
I venture on assuring you that I regard the design formed by you and your friends with sincere interest, and in particular wish well to all the efforts you may make on behalf of individual freedom and independence as opposed to what is termed Collectivism .
guarantees excess rivals
A rational reaction against the irrational excesses and vagaries of scepticism may, I admit, readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity. To be engaged in opposing wrong affords, under the conditions of our mental constitution, but a slender guarantee for being right .
party thinking people
I think that the principle of the Conservative Party is jealousy of liberty and of the people , only qualified by fear ; but I think the principle of the Liberal Party is trust in the people, only qualified by prudence .
wealth commerce nations
Commerce is the equalizer of the wealth of nations.
country swimming men
Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds, and I probably know little of these years through which I busily work and live, beyond this, how sin and frailty deface them, and how mercy crowns them.
civilization exhausted resources
The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted.
war pestilence drink
The ravages of drink are greater than those of war pestilence and famine combined.
order errors history
The errors of former times are recorded for our instruction in order that we may avoid their repition.
men mind age
For works of the mind really great there is no old age, no decrepitude. It is inconceivable that a time should come when Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, should not ring in the ears of civilized man.