"Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal,……" — William E. Gladstone
"Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions."
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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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