"The hopelessness of the Turkish Government should make……" — William E. Gladstone
"The hopelessness of the Turkish Government should make me witness with delight its being swept out of the countries which it tortures. Next to the Ottoman Government nothing can be more deplorable and blameworthy than jealousies between Greek and Slav and plans by the States already existing for appropriating other territory. Why not Macedonia for the Macedonians as well as Bulgaria for the Bulgarians and Serbia for the Serbians?"
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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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It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right.
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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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