As for our majority… one is enough.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIWhat we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
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Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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Everyone likes flattery; and when you come to Royalty you should lay it on with a trowel.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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Where knowledge ends, religion begins.
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The right honourable gentleman caught the Whigs bathing, and walked away with their clothes.
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Action may not always bring happiness; but there is no happiness without action.
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Power has only one duty – to secure the social welfare of the People.
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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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Desperation is sometimes as powerful an inspirer as genius.
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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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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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The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
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