"Letter to the committee in charge of the……" — William E. Gladstone
"Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution as the most remarkable work known to me in modern times to have been produced by the human intellect, at a single stroke (so to speak), in its application to political affairs."
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William E. Gladstone
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54 Quotes by William E. Gladstone
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National injustice is the surest road to national downfall.
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Never forget that the purpose for which a man lives is the improvement of the man himself, so that he…
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It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.
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The oppression of a majority is detestable and odious; the oppression of a minority is only by one degree less…
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I have known ninety-five of the world's great men in my time, and of these eighty-seven were followers of the…
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Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
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If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and…
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I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning…
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To serve Armenia is to serve civilization.
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The American Revolution was a vindication of liberties inherited and possessed. It was a conservative revolution.
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Ireland, Ireland. That cloud in the west, that coming storm.
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As the British Constitution is the most subtle organism which has proceeded from progressive history, so the American Constitution is…
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The more dubious and uncertain an instrument violence has become in international relations, the more it has gained in reputation…
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of…
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The humanitarian would, of course, have us meddle in foreign affairs as part of his program of world service.
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Great love affairs start with Champagne and end with tisane.
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I wanted to be a neurologist. That seemed to be the most difficult, most intriguing, and the most important aspect…
— Roger Bannister
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Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all…
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Happiness includes chiefly the idea of satisfaction after full honest effort. No one can possibly be satisfied and no one…
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I started my music career at 18 and for a long while I let other people handle my affairs.
— Sophie Ellis Bextor
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Future. That period of time in which our affairs prosper, our friends are true and our happiness is assured.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
— Ambrose Bierce
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Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they…
— Aeschylus
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