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William E. Gladstone

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear.

Trust, Politics, People

William E. Gladstone

Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of his humble home, remember that the sanctity of life in the hill villages of Afghanistan, among the winter snows, is as inviolable in the eye of Almighty God, as can be your own.

Life, Home, God

William E. Gladstone

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness.

Happy, Be Happy, You

William E. 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.

Men, Mind, Mistake

William E. Gladstone

Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence conservatism distrust of the people tempered by fear.