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
class political world
All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.
example argument thousand
One example is worth a thousand arguments.
inspirational peace politics
Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.
men oxford giving
To call a man a characteristically Oxford man is, in my opinion, to give him the highest compliment that could be paid to any human being.
mind world divine-revelation
My only hope for the world is in bringing the human mind into contact with divine revelation.
law justice fairness
Justice delayed is justice denied.
inspirational mean destiny
Be inspired with the belief that life is a great and noble calling; not a mean and groveling thing that we are to shuffle through as we can, but an elevated and lofty destiny.
wise men brain
There is a limit to the work that can be got out of a human body or a human brain, and he is a wise man who wastes no energy on pursuits for which he is not fitted; and he is still wiser who, from among the things that he can do well, chooses and resolut
cheer tea-drinking cups-of-tea
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.
mistake math men
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.
justice social-justice injustice
National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.
success mistake great-mistakes
No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.
trust fear people
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.
bible men followers
I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible.