74 Quotes by William E. Gladstone

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe.

Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.

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.

[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.

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.

To be engaged in opposing wrong affords but a slender guarantee for being right.

Man is to be trained chiefly by studying and by knowing man.

You cannot fight against future. Time is on its side.

It is no use for the honorable member to shake his head in the teeth of his own words.