65 Quotes by William Ewart Gladstone

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.

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.

I have known ninety-five of the world’s great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the Bible.

Ireland, Ireland. That cloud in the west, that coming storm.

Commerce is the equalizer of the wealth of nations.

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books – even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome.

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness.

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of all the countries in the would.