Author: William E. Gladstone

Quotes

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

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

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.

- William E. Gladstone

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

- William E. Gladstone

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

- William E. Gladstone

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

- William E. Gladstone

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

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't 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.

- 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.

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

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