No one ever became great except through many and great mistakes.

Quote by William E Gladstone

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There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not...

There should be a sympathy with freedom, a desire to give it scope, founded not...

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment...

We are bound to lose Ireland in consequence of years of cruelty, stupidity and misgovernment...

Justice delayed is justice denied.

Justice delayed is justice denied.

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

No man ever became great or good except through many and great mistakes.

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.

You cannot fight against the future. Time is on our side.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

This is the negation of God erected into a system of government.

This is the negation of God erected into a system of government.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.

It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes.

It is not a life at all. It is a reticence, in three volumes.

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

We look forward to the time when the power to love will replace the love...

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

All the world over, I will back the masses against the classes.

Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of...

Remember the rights of the savage, as we call him. Remember that the happiness of...

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't...

Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won't...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the...

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race

Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

Nothing that is morally wrong can be politically right.

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of...

The disease of an evil conscience is beyond the practice of all the physicians of...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...

The moral sense, or conscience, is as much a part of man as his leg...