William Ewart Gladstone Quotes & Sayings

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. — William Ewart Gladstone

If you weren't such a great man, you'd be a terrible bore. — William Ewart Gladstone

We know quite well that the people of the Northern States have not yet drunk of the cup
they are still trying to hold it far from their lips
which all the rest of the world see they nevertheless must drink of. We may have our own opinions about slavery; we may be for or against the South; but there is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other leaders of the South have made an army; they are making, it appears, a navy; and they have made, what is more than either, they have made a nation. — William Ewart Gladstone

Failure is success if we learn from it. — William Ewart Gladstone

Books are delightful society. If you go into a room and find it full of books - even without taking them from the shelves they seem to speak to you, to bid you welcome. — William Ewart Gladstone

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. — William Ewart Gladstone

We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. — William Ewart Gladstone

If you are cold, tea will warm you;
if you are too heated, it will cool you;
If you are depressed, it will cheer you;
If you are excited, it will calm you. — William Ewart Gladstone

Justice delayed is justice denied — William Ewart Gladstone

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't have to haunt for happiness — William Ewart Gladstone

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear. — William Ewart Gladstone

Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. — William Ewart Gladstone

Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic. — William Ewart Gladstone