Popular applause veers with the wind.

Quote by John Bright

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Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry...

Any Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry...

The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter;...

The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter;...

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for...

If this phrase of the 'balance of power' is to be always an argument for...

Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the...

Demand the ballot as the undeniable right of every man who is called to the...

Force is not a remedy.

Force is not a remedy.

I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does...

I hope this view of the question may be a mistaken one, because it does...

We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad...

We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad...

Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any...

Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any...

With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been...

With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been...

Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.

Be the measure great or small, let it be honest in every part.

I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory...

I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory...

The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part...

The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part...

It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population...

It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population...

A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it...

A year ago I was in the city of Genoa, and I found that it...

The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the...

The angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the...

Force is not a remedy.

Force is not a remedy.

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I...

It was in the year 1820, when I was nearly nine years old, that I...

I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty...

I am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty...

As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I...

As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I...