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> [“What is a great love of books? It is something like a personal introduction to the great and good men of all past times. Books, it is true, are silent as you see them on their shelves; but, silent as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/what-is-a-great-love-of-books-it-is-something-like-a-personal/)

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## More by John Bright

> [“What is a great love of books? It is something like a personal introduction to the great and good men of all past times.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/what-is-a-great-love-of-books-it-is-something-like-a-personal/)

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> [Well, will anybody deny now that the Government at Washington, as regards its own people, is the strongest government in the world at this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/well-will-anybody-deny-now-that-the-government-at-washington-as/)

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> [To have two Legislative Assemblies in the United Kingdom would, in my opinion, be an intolerable mischief; and I think no sensible man can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/to-have-two-legislative-assemblies-in-the-united-kingdom-would-in-my/)

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> [ The Aristocratic Institutions of England \[had\] acted much like the Slavery Institutions of America... \[in\] demoralis\[ing\] large classes outside their own special boundaries... \[in… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/the-aristocratic-institutions-of-england-had-acted-much-like-the/)

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> [Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/demand-the-ballot-as-the-undeniable-right-of-every-man-who-is-called/)

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> [This regard for the liberties of Europe, this care at one time for the protestant interest, this excessive love for the balance of power,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/this-regard-for-the-liberties-of-europe-this-care-at-one-time-for-the/)

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> [Training and development: The best development programmes change the way people see themselves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/training-and-development-the-best-development-programmes-change-the/)

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> [So then because some towns in England are not represented, America is to have no representative at all. They are our children; but when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/so-then-because-some-towns-in-england-are-not-represented-america-is/)

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> [Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/be-the-measure-great-or-small-let-it-be-honest-in-every-part/)

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> [As to the Income Tax, my opinion is that the needful revenue would be fairly and most fairly raised if paid by property, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/as-to-the-income-tax-my-opinion-is-that-the-needful-revenue-would-be/)

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> [ This old aristocracy and Church-ridden, and tradition-ridden country will never grow wiser. Whilst we are fighting for supremacy in Europe, the \[United\] States are… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/this-old-aristocracy-and-church-ridden-and-tradition-ridden-country/)

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> [If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/if-this-phrase-of-the-balance-of-power-is-to-be-always-an-argument/)

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> [The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/the-angel-of-death-has-been-abroad-throughout-the-land-you-may-almost/)

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> [ Had they \[the Tories\] been in the wilderness they would have complained of the Ten Commandments. Remark. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/had-they-the-tories-been-in-the-wilderness-they-would-have-complained/)

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> [“I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you could give me in the way of decoration which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bright/i-would-prefer-to-have-one-comfortable-room-well-stocked-with-books/)

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