William Ewart Gladstone Quotes

Enjoy the top 12 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by 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 —

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

“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

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

Justice delayed is justice denied

— William Ewart Gladstone

“Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.”

— William Ewart Gladstone

“No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.”

— 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.”