British - Leader | December 29, 1809 - May 19, 1898
Justice delayed is justice denied.
William E. Gladstone
JusticeLegalDeniedDelayed
Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
SelfishnessRaceHumanCurse
Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to hunt for happiness.
HappinessHappyBe HappyYouHunt
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.
StrengthMenMistakeMindChill
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.
FearTrustPoliticsPeopleDistrust
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.
FreedomLoyaltyExperienceHappyYou
We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
LovePowerTimePeaceWorldForward
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.
LifeWinterHomeHappinessGodEye
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.
GoodHomeGovernmentFirstPolicy
It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes.
LifeThreeVolumesReticence
Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.
WrongNothingRightMorally
Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
GoodWrongRightLawsEasierHarder
Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict William E. Gladstone quotes