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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Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.
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Perseverance and tact are the two great qualities most valuable for all those who would climb, but especially for those who have to step out of the crowd.
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I repeat... that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
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The European talks of progress because by the aid of a few scientific discoveries he has established a society which has mistaken comfort for civilisation.
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You asked me where I generally lived. In my workshop [i.e. in his study] in the mornings and always in the library in the evening. Books are companions even if you don’t open them.
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Mr Speaker, I withdraw my statement that half the cabinet are asses - half the cabinet are not asses.
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Despair is the conclusion of fools.
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Success is a product of unremitting attention to purpose.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Through persistence numerous individuals win accomplishment out of what appeared bound to be sure disappointment.
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Little things affect little minds.
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I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension.
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You will in due season find your property is less valuable, and your freedom less complete.
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The indulgence in grief is a blunder.