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 DISRAELINationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm.
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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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No Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
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You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Every man has a right to be conceited until he is successful.
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The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.
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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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Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
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I have brought myself, by long meditation, to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it, and that nothing can resist a will which will stake even existence upon its fulfillment.
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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other’s habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes.
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Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.
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Little things affect little minds.
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