Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principle, by which majorities alone shall decide in Parliamentary elections, shall not be violated. John Bright More Quotes by John Bright More Quotes From John Bright Had they [the Tories] been in the wilderness they would have complained of the Ten Commandments. Remark. John Bright ten-commandments wilderness complaints As to the Income Tax, my opinion is that the needful revenue would be fairly and most fairly raised if paid by property, and by individuals in proportion to their property. A Property Tax should be an assessment upon all land and buildings, and canals and railroads, but not on property such as machinery, stock in trade, etc. The aristocracy have squeezed all they can out of the mass of the consumers, and now they lay their daring hands on those not wholly impoverished. John Bright assessment land hands Rich and great people can take care of themselves; but the poor and defenceless - the men with small cottages and large families - the men who must work six days every week if they are to live in anything like comfort for a week, - these men want defenders; they want men to maintain their position in Parliament; they want men who will protest against any infringement of their rights. John Bright rights men people The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter. John Bright corn wheat law In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession. John Bright library humble house The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter. John Bright slaughter beast suicide So then because some towns in England are not represented, America is to have no representative at all. They are our children; but when children ask for bread we are not to give a stone. John Bright government children america I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago. John Bright reform party years The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives. John Bright real numbers giving Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war. John Bright loss war years It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I first went to a regular school. John Bright nine years school It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population is Catholic, and that the Protestants, whether of the Episcopalian or Presbyterian Church, or of both united, are a small minority of the Irish people. John Bright catholic church people I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons. John Bright poor house facts Training and development: The best development programmes change the way people see themselves John Bright training business people Force is not a remedy. John Bright remedy force If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure. John Bright balance power war peace I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does not seem to me very unlikely that the suffrage will be granted to women. John Bright view me women hope Popular applause veers with the wind. John Bright popular applause wind