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 work six days every week if they are to live in anything like comfort for a week, - these men want defenders; they want men to maintain their position in Parliament; they want men who will protest against any infringement of their rights.
John BrightI am for peace, retrenchment and reform, the watchword of the great Liberal Party thirty years ago.
John BrightThe angel of death has been abroad throughout the land; you may almost hear the beating of his wings.
John BrightAny Reform Bill which is worth a moment's thought, or the smallest effort to carry it, must at least double, and it ought to do much more than double, the representation of the metropolitan boroughs and of all the great cities of the United Kingdom.
John Bright