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
enemies permanent
We have no permanent friend. We have no permanent enemies. We just have permanent interests.
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A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli, 'whether I embrace your policies or your mistress.
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The depositary of power is always unpopular.
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Meditation is culture.
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"Sorry" only counts for that which it cannot alter.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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That soul-subduing sentiment, harshly called flirtation, which is the spell of a country house.
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Books are the curse of the human race.
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A great thing is a great book; but a greater thing than all is the talk of a great man.
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Jews show so near an affinity to you... Where is your Christianity if you do not believe in their Judaism?
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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The canter is a cure for every evil.
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Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.
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In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbors.