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
Benjamin Disraeli quotes about
funny marriage witty
No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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Talk to a man about himself and he will listen for hours.
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Every man should marry - and no woman
funny political politics
Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
funny humor majesty
Her Majesty is not a subject.
funny success men
Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken.
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There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.
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Nurture your mind with great thoughts, for you will never go any higher than you think.
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.