The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIIn a progressive country change is constant; change is inevitable.
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To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
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Youth is a blunder; Manhood a struggle, Old Age a regret.
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Courage is fire, and bullying is smoke.
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We should never lose an occasion. Opportunity is more powerful even than conquerors and prophets.
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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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London is a roost for every bird.
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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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A majority is always better than the best repartee.
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We moralize among ruins.
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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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The secret of success is to be ready when your opportunity comes.
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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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My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.
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A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest;
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