Quotations from William Gladstone, 1809-1898
- Decision by majorities is as much an expedient as lighting by gas.
Speech in the House of Commons [1858]- You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.
Speech on the Reform Bill [1866]- The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of all the countries in the world.
Speech at Plumstead [1878]- National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.
Speech at Plumstead [1878]- The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted.
Speech at Leeds [October 7, 1881]- All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.
Speech at Liverpool [June 28, 1886]- Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
Speech at Hawarden [May 28, 1890]
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