My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical ideas instead of political principles.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThings must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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The pursuit of science leads only to the insoluble.
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It destroys one’s nerves to be amiable every day to the same human being.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.
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Man is made to adore and to obey: but if you will not command him, if you give him nothing to worship, he will fashion his own divinities, and find a chieftain in his own passions.
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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
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The more extensive a man’s knowledge of what has been done, the greater will be his power of knowing what to do.
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There is no gambling like politics.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.
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