Finality is not the language of politics.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.
More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes
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Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense.
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Change is inevitable. Change is constant.
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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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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.
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A Conservative Government is an organized hypocrisy.
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Never take anything for granted.
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How much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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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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There is no waste of time in life like that of making explanations.
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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity.
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Fear makes us feel our humanity.
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Damn your principles! Stick to your party.
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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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