Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIMan 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.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.
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The fool wonders, the wise man asks.
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Almost everything that is great has been done by youth.
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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.
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Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
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Finality is not the language of politics.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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Frank and explicit – that is the right line to take when you wish to conceal your own mind and confuse the minds of others.
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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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Man is only great when he acts from passion.
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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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A precedent embalms a principle.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords.
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Silence is the mother of truth.
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Diligence is the mother of good fortune.
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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.
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Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth.
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Moderation is the center wherein all philosophies, both human and divine, meet.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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Like all great travellers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.
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Success is the child of audacity.
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In a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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