More - John Bright Quotes

The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

John Bright

 British Politician Knowledge

Force is not a remedy.

John Bright

 British Politician Force

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

John Bright

 

Popular applause veers with the wind.

John Bright

 Applause British Politician

If this phrase of the ''balance of power'' is to be always an argument for war, the pretext for war will never be wanting, and peace can never be secure.

John Bright

 War

My opinion is that the Northern States will manage somehow to muddle through.

John Bright

 

I am for `Peace, retrenchment and reform', the watchword of the great Liberal party thirty years ago.

John Bright

 

Possibly you are not aware of the fact that the largest sum given by any contributor to the fund is but a trifle when compared with the losses suffered by nearly all the firms in the cotton trade during the disastrous years of the American war.

John Bright

 British Politician

It is sufficient to say, what everybody knows to be true, that the Irish population is Catholic, and that the Protestants, whether of the Episcopalian or Presbyterian Church, or of both united, are a small minority of the Irish people.

John Bright

 British Politician

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

John Bright

 British Politician