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The knowledge of the ancient languages is mainly a luxury.

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

John Bright
He [Benjamin Disraeli] is a self-made man and worships his creator.

John Bright
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 30 years ago.

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Of British foreign policy:
A gigantic system of outdoor relief for the aristocracy of Great Britain.

John Bright
As you know, I am neither Roman Catholic, Protestant Episcopalian, nor Presbyterian, nor am I an Irishman.

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The corn law was intended to keep wheat at the price of 80s. the quarter; it is now under 40s. the quarter.

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

John Bright
With regard to the ballot, it is worthy of remark that no meeting has been held in favour of Reform at which the ballot has not been strongly insisted upon.

John Bright
The franchise itself gives no real power, unless accompanied by the right on the part of all the possessors of it to elect something like an equal number of representatives.

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We have had a great depression in agriculture, caused mainly by several seasons of bad harvests, and some of our traders have suffered much from a too rapid extension in prosperous years.

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I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons.

John Bright