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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character voice political
There is no index of character so sure as the voice.
character feelings suffering
Patriotism depends as much on mutual suffering as on mutual success; and it is by that experience of all fortunes and all feelings that a great national character is created.
character men thinking
All of us encounter, at least once in our life, some individual who utters words that make us think forever. There are men whose phrases are oracles; who condense in one sentence the secrets of life; who blurt out an aphorism that forms a character or illustrates an existence.
age characteristics craving
The characteristic of the present age is craving credulity.
respect character reality
Characters do not change. Opinions alter, but characters are only developed.
enemies permanent
We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.
country determination appreciate
It has been said that the people of this country are deeply interested in the humanitarian and philanthropic considerations involved in [the Eastern Question]. All must appreciate such feelings. But I am mistaken if there be not a yet deeper sentiment on the part of the people of this country, one with which I cannot doubt your lordships will ever sympathise, and that is—the determination to maintain the Empire of England.
wheels world rounds
The world is a wheel, and it will all come round right.
book men political
We cannot learn men from books.
reading historical quality
If the history of England be ever written by one who has the knowledge and the courage,-and both qualities are equally requisite for the undertaking, - the world will be more astonished than when reading the Roman annals by Niebuhr.
dancing ballet carriages
Without dancing you can never attain a perfectly graceful carriage, which is of the highest importance in life.
principles protection
Protection is not a principle but an expedient
duty
Duty cannot exist without faith
war differences race
The difference of race is one of the reasons why I fear war may always exist; because race implies difference, difference implies superiority, and superiority leads to predominance.