I repeat… that all power is a trust; that we are accountable for its exercise; that from the people and for the people all springs, and all must exist.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.
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The governments of the present day have to deal not merely with other governments, with emperors, kings and ministers, but also with the secret societies which have everywhere their unscrupulous agents, and can at the last moment upset all the governments’ plans.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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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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The health of the people is really the foundation upon which all their happiness and all their powers as a state depend.
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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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The Youth of a Nation are the trustees of posterity.
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No man is regular in his attendance at the House of Commons until he is married.
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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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Time is precious, but truth is more precious than time.
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It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
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