The errors of former times are recorded for our instruction in order that we may avoid their repition.
William E. GladstoneFrom the time I took office as Chancellor of the Exchequer, I began to learn that the State held, in the face of the Bank and the City, an essentially false position as to finance. The Government itself was not to be a substantive power, but was to leave the Money Power supreme and unquestioned.
William E. Gladstone[The British constitution] presumes more boldly than any other the good sense and the good faith of those who work it.
William E. Gladstone