Fear makes us feel our humanity.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIFear makes us feel our humanity.
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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThings must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIOne secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIDamn your principles! Stick to your party.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is no gambling like politics.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIBe amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThe 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.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
BENJAMIN DISRAELII 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 DISRAELIDiligence is the mother of good fortune.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIIt is much easier to be critical than to be correct.
BENJAMIN DISRAELIThere is moderation even in excess.
BENJAMIN DISRAELINo Government can be long secure without a formidable Opposition.
BENJAMIN DISRAELII am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.
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