He was deeply convinced, he said and kept saying, “that all excess in the public expenditure beyond the legitimate wants of the country is not only a pecuniary waste, but a great political, and above all, a great moral evil.
Morley quotes Gladstone's belief that excessive public spending is both financially and morally detrimental.
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