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
constitution parliament british
[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.
against cannot time
You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.
life three
It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes.
became except failure good great man
No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
advantage ally becomes execution germany great partner providence speed
If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, ''God speed her!'' She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind.
successful mediocrity poet
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.
class roots kingdoms
Budgets are not merely affairs of arithmetic, but in a thousand ways go to the root of prosperity of individuals, the relation of classes and the strength of kingdoms.
guarantees slender opposing
To be engaged in opposing wrong affords but a slender guarantee for being right.
men knowing study
Man is to be trained chiefly by studying and by knowing man.
time future fighting
You cannot fight against future. Time is on its side.
teeth use members
It is no use for the honorable member to shake his head in the teeth of his own words.
men political venture
I venture to say that every man who is not presumably incapacitated by some consideration of personal unfitness or of political danger is morally entitled to come within the pale of the Constitution.
cities political politics
I was tenaciously opposed by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank, who had seats in parliament, and I had the City for an antagonist on almost every occasion.
hurt character men
Censure and criticism never hurt anybody. If false, they can't hurt you unless you are wanting in manly character; and if true, they show a man his weak points, and forewarn him against failure and trouble.