"Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear."
― William E. Gladstone
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Politics
More From William E. Gladstone
- "Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic."
- "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."
- "Be happy with what you have and are, be generous with both, and you won’t have to hunt for happiness."
More In Politics
- "I hope that young people will also look to politics as a vehicle to not only have their voices heard, but actually to be the change makers that they want to see. They are disaffected, understandably, but I hope that young people will not only turn out to vote but also run for office."― Chelsea Clinton
- "Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative."― John Kenneth Galbraith
- "A politics that is not sensitive to the concerns and circumstances of people’s lives, a politics that does not speak to and include people, is an intellectually arrogant politics that deserves to fail."― Paul Wellstone