William Gladstone

"You cannot lay down true principles of the universe by the assertion of the majority of Parliament."

"The office of the Liberal Party is to enfranchise the excluded and to elevate the depressed."

"Every man should study some branches of knowledge related to the circumstances of his life."

"It is impossible to treat ambition by ordinary methods."

"The first principle of true devotion is to lose no opportunity of serving God in the person of His creatures."

"I trust the people. I am opposed only to the transfer of power from those who have it to the bureaucracy."

"The love of knowledge is the passion of my life."

"We live in an age of transition, and must meet its exigencies with courage."

"The prosperity of a nation cannot consist in the multiplicity and cheapness of commodities alone."

"A man should consider what he owes to the country in the way of public service."

"The true greatness of a nation rests upon moral and intellectual foundations."

"Measure your life not by its duration but by its donation."

"The welfare of mankind is the highest law."

"If you cannot read, all of the world's knowledge is as a locked library to you."

"We ought to lean against those principles which are calculated to sustain and uphold the privileges of the few."

"I would venture to assert that every man who has ever been knocked down in the arena of public life has deserved it."

"The continuous action of thought is the continuous creation of ideals."

"A man may as well be buried as buried in obscurity."

"The resources of nature are infinite in their productive power when confronted with the productive power of man."

"In politics, as in private life, I have seen that for success it is of the greatest importance to do one thing at a time."

"The true way to regard the public is not to regard it as a monolith but as a diversity of interests and opinions."

"I have always held that when you encounter truth, you must advocate for it with all your might."

"The foundation of justice is good faith, that is, truth and fidelity of promises and contracts."

"Money should be the servant, not the master, of government."

"The strength of a nation depends upon the character and intelligence of its people."

"In the soul of man there is an instinct for truth which cannot be entirely suppressed."

"A nation that loses its faith loses its hope and its fortitude."

"History is full of examples of how the principles of one age become the absurdities of the next."

"The first duty of a statesman is to know the facts and the circumstances of his country."

"Nothing is more powerful than the mind of a free people united in a just cause."