Occupation: British Statesman Birth: November 16, 1811 Death: March 27, 1889
I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago..
In the houses of the humble a little library in my opinion is a most precious possession..
We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a to….
As to the Income Tax, my opinion is that the needful revenue would be fairly and most fairly raised if paid by property, and by individuals in propor….
The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings..
There is no nation on the continent of Europe that is less able to do harm to England, and there isno nation on the continent of Europe to whom we ar….
What is a great love of books? It is something like a personal introduction to the great and good men of all past times. Books, it is true, are silen….
The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter..
I would prefer to have one comfortable room well stocked with books to all you could give me in the way of decoration which the highest art could sup….
With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has not been strongly insiste….
England is the Mother of Parliaments.
The beasts (Conservatives) had committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter..
I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact ….
Rich and great people can take care of themselves; but the poor and defenceless - the men with small cottages and large families - the men who must w….
The Aristocratic Institutions of England [had] acted much like the Slavery Institutions of America... [in] demoralis[ing] large classes outside their….
Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the poll, and take special care that the old constitutional rule and principl….
This old aristocracy and Church-ridden, and tradition-ridden country will never grow wiser. Whilst we are fighting for supremacy in Europe, the [Unit….
This regard for the liberties of Europe, this care at one time for the protestant interest, this excessive love for the balance of power, is neither ….
We may be proud that England is the ancient country of Parliaments. With scarcely any intervening period, Parliaments have met constantly for 600 yea….
Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part..
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