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* Believed that success was the result of hard work and that failure showed a lack of moral spirit. He therefore believed that the poor should help themselves to alleviate their own condition.
* Believed that success was the result of hard work and that failure showed a lack of moral spirit. He therefore believed that the poor should help themselves to alleviate their own condition.
* Gladstone was never a fervent supporter of [[democracy]], stating: ‘I am a firm believer in the [[aristocracy|aristocratic]] principle – the rule of the best.’ However, in 1864 he contended that ‘every man who is not presumably incapacitated by some consideration of personal unfitness or of political danger is morally entitled to come within the pale of the constitution’, implying at least a cautious support of male or household suffrage. For his time in British politics, this could even be interpreted as a relatively positive view toward democratic principles.
* A strong supporter of the British [[monarchy]], despite [[Queen Victoria|Queen Victoria’s]] resentment of him. She never liked his serious demeanour, and complained: "He always addresses me as if I were a public meeting."
* A strong supporter of the British [[monarchy]], despite [[Queen Victoria|Queen Victoria’s]] resentment of him. She never liked his serious demeanour, and complained: "He always addresses me as if I were a public meeting."