Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, KG, PC, FRSwas a British politician and writer, who twice served as Prime Minister. He played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party, defining its policies and its broad outreach. Disraeli is remembered for his influential voice in world affairs, his political battles with the Liberal Party leader William Ewart Gladstone, and his one-nation conservatism or "Tory democracy". He made the Conservatives the party most identified with the glory and...
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Date of Birth21 December 1804
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When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
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What wonderful things are events! The least are of greater importance than the most sublime and comprehensive speculations.
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A beautiful hand is an excellent thing in woman; it is a charm that never palls; and better than all, it is a means of fascinating that never disappears.
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William Gladstone has not a single redeeming defect.
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The English nation is never so great as in adversity.
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All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!
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A Protestant, if he wants aid or advice on any matter, can only go to his solicitor.
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The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes. He has left them in the full enjoyment of their liberal positions, and he is himself a strict conservative of their garments.
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Change is constant in a progressive country.
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I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain.
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Gentlemen, the Tory party, unless it is a national party, is nothing.
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The gondola of London [a hansom].
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We are indeed a nation of shopkeepers.