It is the duty of government to make it difficult for people to do wrong, easy to do right. William E. Gladstone More Quotes by William E. Gladstone More Quotes From William E. Gladstone Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong. William E. Gladstone easierlawyerlaw A rational reaction against irrational excesses and vagaries of skepticism may * * * readily degenerate into the rival folly of credulity. William E. Gladstone rivalsexcessmay I venture to say that every man who is not presumably incapacitated by some consideration of personal unfitness or of political danger is morally entitled to come within the pale of the Constitution. William E. Gladstone venturepoliticalmen 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. William E. Gladstone mediocritypoetsuccessful The ravages of drink are greater than those of war pestilence and famine combined. William E. Gladstone pestilencedrinkwar The book must of necessity be put into a bookcase. And the bookcase must be housed. And the house must be kept. And the library must be dusted, must be arranged, must be catalogued. What a vista of toil, yet not unhappy toil! William E. Gladstone unhappyhousebook We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment and I would rather lose her as a friend than as a foe. William E. Gladstone stupidityhistoryyears I was tenaciously opposed by the governor and deputy-governor of the Bank, who had seats in parliament, and I had the City for an antagonist on almost every occasion. William E. Gladstone politicspoliticalcities To serve Armenia is to serve civilization. William E. Gladstone armeniacivilization The resources of civilization are not yet exhausted. William E. Gladstone resourcesexhaustedcivilization It is no use for the honorable member to shake his head in the teeth of his own words. William E. Gladstone membersteethuse [The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it. William E. Gladstone parliamentbritishconstitution Man is to be trained chiefly by studying and by knowing man. William E. Gladstone studyknowingmen For works of the mind really great there is no old age, no decrepitude. It is inconceivable that a time should come when Homer, Dante, Shakespeare, should not ring in the ears of civilized man. William E. Gladstone agemindmen Swimming for his life, a man does not see much of the country through which the river winds. William E. Gladstone swimmingmencountry Commerce is the equalizer of the wealth of nations. William E. Gladstone commerceequalizerwealth He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington William E. Gladstone figureshistory Decision by majorities is as much an expedient as lighting by gas. William E. Gladstone gasmajoritydecision From the time I took office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, I began to learn that the State held, in the face of the Bank and the City, an essentially false position as to finance. The Government itself was not to be a substantive power, but was to leave the Money Power supreme and unquestioned. William E. Gladstone governmentofficecities Avarice, where it has full dominion, excludes every other passion. William E. Gladstone avaricepassiondominion
