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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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.
art book reading
We are now in want of an art to teach how books are to be read rather than to read them. Such an art is practicable.
beauty miracle inspire
Beauty can inspire miracles.
mistress disease embrace
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.
civilization dwelling house
The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
reading punctuation emphasis
Accent and emphasis are the pith of reading; punctuation is but secondary.
paradise sound eating
All Paradise opens! Let me die eating ortolans to the sound of soft music!
life country progressive
Change is constant in a progressive country.
believe quality links
I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain.
fall race blood
All is race; there is no other truth ,and every race must fall which carelessly suffers its blood to become mixed.
confused men race
No man will treat with indifference the principle of race. It is the key to history, and why history is often so confused is that it has been written by men who are ignorant of this principle and all the knowledge it involves. . . Language and religion do not make a race--there is only one thing which makes a race, and that is blood.
two gentleman consideration
Propriety of manners, and consideration for others, are the two main characteristics of a gentleman.
power
The depositary of power is always unpopular.