William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
Disraeli was my favourite Tory. He was an adventurer pure and simple, or impure and complex. I'm glad to say Gladstone got the better of him.
That is Gladstone, the greatest statesman that ever lived. I intend to be a statesman, too.
Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.