There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not upon visionary ideas, but upon the long experience of many gen...
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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.
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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.
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Liberalism is trust of the people, tempered by prudence; conservatism, distrust of people, tempered by fear.
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Justice delayed is justice denied.
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The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.
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Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.
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No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.
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He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington
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Good laws make it easier to do right and harder to do wrong.
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Once at a social gathering, Gladstone said to Disraeli, 'I predict, Sir, that you will die either by hanging or of some vile disease'. Disraeli replied, 'That all depends, sir, upon whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.'
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We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love of power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace.
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Justice delayed, is justice denied.
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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.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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The American Constitution is, so far as I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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