You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side. William E. Gladstone More Quotes by William E. Gladstone More Quotes From William E. Gladstone Avarice, where it has full dominion, excludes every other passion. William E. Gladstone avaricepassiondominion Is not that state a warning and a judgment for our heavy sins as a nation? William E. Gladstone sinwarninghistory If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind. William E. Gladstone alliesgermanypower Budgets are not merely affairs of arithmetic, but in a thousand ways go to the root of prosperity of individuals, the relation of classes and the strength of kingdoms. William E. Gladstone kingdomsrootsclass The idea of abolishing Income Tax is to me highly attractive, both on other grounds and because it tends to public economy. William E. Gladstone incomeeconomyideas Economy is the first and great article (economy such as I understand it) in my financial creed. The controversy between direct and indirect taxation holds a minor, though important place. William E. Gladstone taxationimportantfirsts Letter to the committee in charge of the celebration of the centennial of the American Constitution. I have always regarded that Constitution as the most remarkable work known to me in modern times to have been produced by the human intellect, at a single stroke (so to speak), in its application to political affairs. William E. Gladstone politicalletterswork I venture on assuring you that I regard the design formed by you and your friends with sincere interest, and in particular wish well to all the efforts you may make on behalf of individual freedom and independence as opposed to what is termed Collectivism. William E. Gladstone independenceeffortdesign It is difficult to see anything but infatuation in the destructive temperament which leads to the action ... that each of us is to rejoice that our several units are to be distinguished at death into countless millions of organisms; for such, it seems, is the latest revelation delivered from the fragile tripod of a modern Delphi. William E. Gladstone actionsciencedeath I am certain, from experience, of the immense advantage of strict account-keeping in early life. It is just like learning the grammar then, which when once learned need not be referred to afterwards. William E. Gladstone grammaradvantageneeds No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes. William E. Gladstone mistakesgreatgoodman It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes. William E. Gladstone volumesreticencethreelife
