I agree with you that a grave calamity overhangs the Libera… - William Ewart Gladstone

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I agree with you that a grave calamity overhangs the Liberal party in connection with the plan which I described to you in two peculiar monosyllabic epithets [mad and drunk]... Liberalism cannot put on the garb of Jingoism without suffering for it... [For sixty years my life has been] a constant effort to do all I could for economy & for peace; not the peace of this country only but of the world... it is not now economy but peace which supplies the key note of the situation... If the thing is to be done at all let it be done by those who think it right.

William Ewart Gladstone

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About William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British Liberal politician and Prime Minister (1868–1874, 1880–1885, 1886 and 1892–1894). He was a notable political reformer, known for his populist speeches, and was for many years the main political rival of Benjamin Disraeli.

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Pen Names: Scrutator

Alternative Names: William Gladstone • Gladstone • W. E. Gladstone • The Rt Hon William Ewart Gladstone • Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart)

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